Clergy among 600 suspects

PARIS - Two clergymen and eight teachers were among 181 suspects being investigated by French magistrates over child sex videos…

PARIS - Two clergymen and eight teachers were among 181 suspects being investigated by French magistrates over child sex videos as the country's biggest ever crackdown on paedophiles widened yesterday.

Dozens more were still in detention awaiting questioning, police said. Police rounded up more than 600 people on Tuesday in raids to break up a network selling pornographic films including boys.

Those placed under investigation were suspected of "handling images from the crime of corruption of minors aged under 15".

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