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French scouts chief quits after backlash over sexuality

Marine Rosset has said she is stepping down after less than two months following online attacks over her sexuality. [File, AFP]

The chief of France's biggest scouts movement, which has its roots in Catholicism, has said she is stepping down after less than two months following online attacks over her sexuality.

Marine Rosset, who is in a same-sex relationship and is the mother of a child, made the announcement in an interview published Wednesday by the Catholic newspaper, La Croix.

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