US EditionAbuse at Bétharram School Went on for Years with 'Absence of Action' From PM Bayrou
- A French parliamentary inquiry released a 330-page report Wednesday revealing decades of unchecked physical and sexual abuse at Betharram school, exposing systemic oversight failures.
- Dozens of complaints from former pupils prompted a parliamentary inquiry, citing 250 allegations against at least 26 perpetrators at Betharram school.
- Keloua Hachi states survivors detailed 'absolute sadism' with over 90 sexual abuse complaints involving 15 perpetrators, supported by testimonies from 135 individuals.
- Following the inquiry, Bayrou survived a no-confidence vote, and lawmakers plan legislation to abolish abuse statutes and establish a victim compensation fund.
- The report recommends 50 measures, including annual inspections, a nationwide hotline, and better regulation of private schools, amid looming budget talks that may heighten scrutiny.
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Parents, school principals and the government have looked the other way and remained silent in recent decades when reports of abuse and sexual violence at Catholic schools in France came in. "Victims have spoken out, but they were not listened to enough," says an investigative committee of the French House of Representatives, the Assemblée. Over the past three months, this committee has been investigating reports about one Catholic school in the…
The long-awaited report of the parliamentary committee on violence in schools, launched after the Betharram scandal, was unveiled this Wednesday. It concludes with a "failure of action" by François Bayrou at the time and makes more widely 50 recommendations to better protect children. TF1's JT received the reaction of the spokesman for a group of former students of Betharram and takes stock of what it contains. - "It goes relatively far": for th…
While the case of Saint-Jean de Pélussin is embarrassing for François Bayrou, it is also an example of the dizziness of the National Education to take measures to protect children from suspicions of violence
The 'premier' was Minister of Education at the time of the events. The parliamentary body highlights "the responsibility of the State" and proposes a compensation fund for the victims.
The report of the Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry initiated by the Betharram case was released this Wednesday morning. Follow the latest information and live reactions The context
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