Betharram case: former monitor charged and remanded in custody

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A former overseer of the Catholic Institute of the Atlantic Pyrenees, now deacon, was suspended by the Bishop of Tarbes-Lourdes on Friday, February 21.

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This Friday, the Public Prosecutor's Office in Pau opened a judicial investigation against a former prison guard for rape and sexual assault of a 15-year-old minor, a first victory for the victims, who do not intend to be left behind.

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Judicial information was opened for rape and sexual assault against only one of the three men in custody in the case.

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The suspect was still in office in 2024, but was dismissed following the opening of the judicial investigation. The other two men in police custody were left free because of the statute of limitations.

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Three former guards had been placed in police custody as part of an investigation into aggravated rape, aggravated sexual assault, and aggravated violence; while two police officers had been released as a result of the statute of limitations, a man had been charged this Friday.

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In all, three suspects have been heard since Wednesday for "aggravated rape, sexual assault and violence" committed at Notre-Dame de Bétharram between the 1970s and 2000s. A former non-agenary priest has already been released.