Abbé Pierre is the target of nine new accusations of sexual violence, including rape of a minor and facts concerning members of his family, according to a report from the specialist firm Egaé published Monday.
“The events described took place from the 1960s to the 2000s, most of the time in France and sometimes abroad,” we can read in this report which brings to 33 the number of testimonies targeting the priest who died in 2007.
A member of Abbé Pierre’s family told Egaé that she had suffered “sexual contact on her breasts and mouth at the end of the 90s”. Another testimony mentions a “penetrative sexual act on a minor boy”.
The people who testify range from the “employee of a hotel in which Abbé Pierre stayed”, to the “caregivers working in hospitals” where he was hospitalized, to a volunteer for a youth camp or a humanitarian mission, among others. by a family member or even a flight attendant.
Third report on the actions of the prelate
This is the third report from the firm commissioned by Emmaüs International, Emmaüs France and the Abbé Pierre Foundation to shed light on the actions of Abbé Pierre, whose real name is Henri Grouès.
-In July 2023, the first burst of revelations based on 7 testimonies caused a shock wave as Abbé Pierre, tireless defender of the poorly housed and the most deprived, has long been an icon.
In September, a second report containing 17 new testimonies led the Abbé Pierre Foundation to announce its decision to change its name and Emmaüs to permanently close the place of memory dedicated to the priest located in Esteville (Seine-Maritime).
The latest testimonies “absolutely do not allow us to draw up an exhaustive inventory of Abbé Pierre’s behavior,” insists the Egaé firm in its report, noting “other testimonies, sometimes anonymous or incomplete.”
