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In this photo taken on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019, former swimming champion and ex-manager of one of the country's most successful ice hockey clubs Vincent Leroyer sits on a chair during a break in proceedings during his trial for child rape and sexual molestation at the Bordeaux courthouse, southwestern France. A French court has found Leroyer guilty of child rape and sexual abuse and sentenced him to 12 years imprisonment. (AP Photo/John Leicester).

French child rape case is another lesson about sports abuse

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019, former swimming champion and ex-manager of one of the country's most successful ice hockey clubs Vincent Leroyer sits on a chair during a break in proceedings during his trial for child rape and sexual molestation at the Bordeaux courthouse, southwestern France. A French court has found Leroyer guilty of child rape and sexual abuse and sentenced him to 12 years imprisonment. (AP Photo/John Leicester).

Former swimming champ sentenced for child rape, sexual abuse

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Etienne Noel, the lawyer for accused pedophile Vincent Leroyer, consults his phone during a break on the second day of the former swimming champion's trial in Bordeaux, southern France, on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. Leroyer, the ex-manager of one of France's most successful ice hockey clubs, is on trial for child rape and sexual abuse and faces up to 20 years imprisonment (AP Photo/John Leicester)

France: Ex-champ swimmer admits ‘shame’ at child rape trial

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

Lawyers for alleged victims of Vincent Leroyer, from the left, Come Lionnard, Pascale Badina, and Marie-Anne Raymond gather at the opening Monday Jan.21, 2019 in Bordeaux, southwestern France. Lionnard is on trial in southwest France for the alleged rape and sexual abuse of young boys and adolescents when he ran an ice hockey club in the 1980s and 1990s. (AP Photo/John Leicester)

Former French swimming champion on trial for child sex abuse

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press