French PM faces scrutiny over sexual abuse claims at Catholic school

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Former Justice Minister Elizabeth Guigou was reportedly aware of three reports of large-scale sexual assault.

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The Prime Minister is questioned because of his proximity to Notre-Dame de Bétharram. Many former students of this Catholic institution in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques denounce sexual, physical and psychological violence.

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In front of the Assembly, then in the wake of his meeting with the victims' collective on 15 February in Pau, François Bayrou swore that he had "never been informed" of complaints of violence against the Catholic institution Notre-Dame-de-Bétharram. In case of a proven lie, the head of government is exposed to a political sanction but not to a criminal response.

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Why Catholic school sexual abuse scandal is plaguing France’s prime minister

French Prime Minister François Bayrou has vowed to support an investigation into decades of alleged abuse at a Catholic school, following accusations from the left that he misled parliament by claiming he was unaware of the case while he was a local official and education minister. Pressure on Bayrou increased on Monday after a lawyer in his home town of Pau called for an investigation into alleged "obstruction of justice".

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Past by Notre-Dame-de-Bétharram between the 1970s and 2005, several former students recount the physical and sometimes sexual violence experienced in this religious institution. Some of them accuse François Bayrou of having, at least, had a form of "completion" towards the institution.

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French PM faces scrutiny over sexual abuse claims at Catholic school

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou on Wednesday battled to contain a new controversy after lawmakers urged him to explain whether he was aware of widespread claims of sexual abuse of minors at a Catholic school. Prosecutors in France have been investigating around a hundred complaints concerning alleged violence, sexual assault and rape committed at the Notre-Dame de Betharram school, which Bayrou’s own children attended, in the country’s sou…