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The revelations of sexual abuse attributed to Abbé Pierre continue to deeply shake his legacy. Since July 2024, damning testimonies, including attacks on minors, have emerged. A journalist who faced these actions spoke about this traumatic experience and explained why she had not spoken about it sooner.
Abbé Pierre affair: a journalist testifies to what he did to her…
In July 2024, supposedly attributed to Abbot Pierreemblematic figure of the fight against precariousness in France. A report, commissioned by Emmaüs International and the Abbé Pierre Foundation, brought together the testimonies of seven women claiming to have suffered inappropriate behavior from him between the end of the 1970s and 2005. These allegations include non-consensual physical contact and forced kisses. and, in some cases, more serious acts such as forced masturbation and fellatio. At least three of the victims were minors at the time of the reported events. The Abbé Pierre Foundation and Emmaüs International expressed their solidarity with the victims and their desire to shed light on these accusations. They also announced actions to support victims and prevent the recurrence of such acts.
These events raise questions about how such allegations are handled in charities and religious organizations, highlighting the importance of transparency and vigilance to protect vulnerable people. Esther Romero, a journalist of Peruvian origin, recently said she was attacked in 1988while she interviewed the famous cleric in Switzerland. “I only remember that he rubbed me over my sweater, he rubbed my breasts, and then he put his tongue in my mouth. After that I heard the phrase ‘is that that it was also good for you, my daughter?'”she notably remembered. This testimony is in addition to the more than twenty victims identified thanks to the listening system set up by Emmaüs. It is expected this Monday, January 13, that a new report containing additional revelations will be made public. According to BFMTV, this document includes particularly serious testimonies, including that of a minor and that of a person denouncing rape. These new accusations add to the already overwhelming toll for
Abbé Pierre, not his first attempt?
having immediately left the room thinking that he had finished with such actions but Abbot Pierre decided to repeat them the next day…”I thought at the time that I was the only person he had done this to. I thought he was an already senile old man.”explained the journalist who had chosen not to denounce him then. On her return to Peru, she recounted her attack to a journalist friend who told her she had had a similar experience. “She only said this sentence to me: ‘He tried to take me to bed, and to have sex with all the workers and volunteers at Emmaus. He has this side of a sexual predator, but on the other side he does so much good'”, reported Esther Romero. Then to conclude: “How many people, how many girls, young girls, were sexually assaulted by Abbé Pierre? I wonder, does it hurt.”
