Betharram case: Catholic institution tried in 2006 "civilly responsible" for rape and assault

A decision of the Court of Appeal of Pau was revealed on Sunday 11 May by the regional daily newspaper "South West". It concerns the actions of Father Carricart, former director of the institution, killed in 2000.

The Catholic establishment Notre-Dame-de-Betharram (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), at the heart of a scandal of violence spread over several decades, had been declared in 2006 "civilly responsible" for rape and...

A dozen former students of the school Le Kreisker in Saint-Pol-de-Léon in Finistère denounce the physical and sexual violence allegedly committed between the 1950s and 1980s by members of the teaching staff, says the media Splann !.

The Catholic institution Notre-Dame-de-Betharram (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), in the heart of a scandal of violence spanning several decades, had been declared in 2006 "civilly responsible" for rape and sexual assault committed by a former director, according to a court decision revealed by the daily South West.

The scandal of physical and sexual violence in Catholic education hits families. The nature of the reactions reflects the complexity of the mechanisms at work in institutions where