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Killgore Trout12/29/2010 12:47:44 pm PST

Nobel Peace Prize fail….
Francois Houtart, Belgian Activist Priest, Admits Sexual Abuse

A Belgian priest has confessed to a child sex-abuse accusation that came to light during a campaign to nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize for his work fighting globalization’s impact on developing countries.

“Walking through the room of one of the family’s boys, I effectively touched his intimate parts twice, which woke him up and frightened him,” Houtart is quoted as saying.

The committee in November ended its campaign to nominate Houtart for the 2011 Nobel Prize, saying the priest had requested its termination because “his age and his personal projects would not allow him to fully assume the role requested in such circumstances.”