A Roman Catholic priest has been killed in western France.

The body of Olivier Lemaire was found in the village Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre, a small village in the Vendée area, on Monday morning, French media report.

They say a failed asylum seeker from Rwanda who was being housed by the priest later turned himself in and confessed to the killing.

The man is also suspected of starting a fire that damaged the cathedral in the nearby city of Nantes in last year.

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