http://kplu.org en http://kplu.org/post/france-de-baptism-seen-backlash-pedophile-scandals In France, an elderly man is fighting to make a formal break with the Catholic Church. He's taken the church to court over its refusal to let him nullify his baptism, in a case that could have far-reaching effects.<p><strong> </strong><p>Seventy-one-year-old Rene LeBouvier's parents and his brother are buried in a churchyard in the tiny village of Fleury in northwest France. He himself was baptized in the Romanesque stone church and attended mass here as a boy.<p>LeBouvier says this rural area is still conservative and very Catholic, but nothing like it used to be. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:22:29 +0000 Eleanor Beardsley 3961 at http://kplu.org In France, 'de-baptism' seen as backlash to pedophile scandals