Sexual violence in "Saint-Do" of Neuilly: complaints filed, Yvelines principal withdrawn

According to the group of former students of the Saint-Dominique Institution of Neuilly-sur-Seine, four complaints were filed, including one for rape. The Nanterre Public Prosecutor's Office confirmed that it had received two of them. The allegations took place around the 1980s and 1990s.

Arnaud Gallais, anthropologist and former member of the CIIVISE, analyses the case of Betharram, a scandal of child crime where reports have been ignored. He denounces the omerta of the Church and the responsibility of François Bayrou...

After the former students of Notre-Dame de Bétharram, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, those of the Catholic institution near Paris free their word and take action. Three complaints have been lodged over the last two weeks. At least six more will be submitted this week. They target several teachers and mentors over a period from the 1980s to the 2000s.

After the Betharram scandal, testimonies are increasing throughout France to report acts of violence, often prescribed, perpetrated against students in the private sector.

New accounts of sexual violence and abuse are being reported from the Basque Country. In this France 3 article, former students discuss the beatings and violence they suffered at the Saint-François-Xavier middle school in Ustaritz, the St-Michel Garicoïtz school in Domezain-Berraute, and the Jean-Jaurès public school in Anglet. "When I tried to talk about it to this gentleman who was the boarding supervisor, he told me I was lying. I was talking…

This former overseer, passing through Notre-Dame de Bétharram, had continued his career in the Saint-Dominique Catholic Institution in Neuilly. A former student filed a complaint against him for assault