Betharram case: a man charged with rape and sexual assault, after a year of investigation into a tentacular case

About 100 victims have been heard since February 2024, involving 11 people. Of the three still alive and in police custody this week, only one former overseer of the Catholic institution is targeted, the prescription of the facts having benefited the other two.

The Bétharram case is progressing with the indictment and imprisonment of a former guard for rape and sexual assault. The investigation revealed dozens of testimonies spanning several decades, other suspects were heard, but some escape prosecution due to the statute of limitations. Source

On Friday, the spokesperson for the Betharram victims' group welcomed the opening of judicial information for rape against one of the defendants. He was placed in pre-trial detention. "We managed to have one of the criminals in Betharram imprisoned."

The Betharram scandal is experiencing a new judicial episode, and this two days after the three-man police...