Child sex allegations lead to Quebec film awards name change

MONTREAL (AP) — Quebec's film industry has removed the name of an alleged pedophile from the title of its annual awards show. Quebec Cinema announced the removal Wednesday after the french-speaking province's culture minister asked the organization to consider yanking Claude Jutra's name. A biography released this week said Jutra slept with young boys, while Montreal La Presse quoted a man Wednesday as saying the late filmmaker began touching him when he was six years old and that the abuse escalated over a 10-year period. Patrick Roy, head of Quebec Cinema's board, says he is "deeply upset" by the allegations. The film director committed suicide in 1986 after battling Alzheimer's disease. The Jutra Awards have been named after him for nearly 20 years.