“The French-based Catholic solidarity movement founded by late Abbé Pierre releases the findings of an independent investigation, revealing alleged sexual abuses committed by its charismatic founder.”
“An independent body that the Catholic bishops of France set up over two years ago to grant reparations to victims of clergy sexual abuse says 1,396 people have now came forward to share their stories and seek reparations. ”
“The Community of the Beatitudes, a 50-year-old international Catholic charismatic group that has recently been engulfed in a series of sex abuse scandals, has announced that it is setting up an independent commission to look into the community's past. ”
“Catholics in the archdiocese of Cambrai, northeastern France, remain in shock after a priest accused of sexually abusing a young teenage girl committed suicide. Benjamin Sellier, 47, parish priest in a small town of Avesnes-sur-Helpe less than ten miles from the Belgian border, died on Jul 11”
“It reveals that 72 brothers – including Marie-Dominique Philippe, the French Dominican priest who founded the community – committed abuse between 1975-2022, out of the 871 who made profession in the congregation. The report says some 167 members were victims of the abuse.”
“A suspended member of the schismatic Priestly Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) is currently on trial in a civil court in western France on charges that he raped and sexually assaulted 27 children aged 6-12, beginning in the mid-1990s. Pierre de Maillard,”
“Numerous Catholic bps from various parts of France were in Rome this week for a 2day session with Vatican officials on how to better deal with sexual abuse in the Church. A total of 28 prelates and 2lay officials from the French Bps' Conf. met on Mon. with officials at the Dicastery for Bps”
“The leaders of men's and women's religious orders in France adopt new measures to combat sexual abuse, including the possibility of consulting lay experts on certain occasions”
“A 250-page document containing concrete proposals to more effectively prevent and deal with Church-related sex abuse has been sent to the Catholic bishops of France less than two weeks before they meet in plenary assembly in Lourdes where they will vote on the measures.”
“The Vatican has banned one of its longtime priest-advisors on sexual and moral issues, Tony Anatrella, from practicing psychotherapy, following longstanding allegations that the Paris cleric abused male adult patients.”
“Leaders of the Community of the Beatitudes, a "new movement" founded in France in 1973, present in 27 countries, have sought to defend themselves after a recent investigative report by La Croix revealed that 2 members were accused years ago of sexually abusing Catholic school students.”
“"In the late 1980s when I was a Franciscan friar I made inappropriate gestures toward a young woman of legal age, behavior that I deeply regret," said retired Archbishop Jean-Pierre Grallet in a brief statement dated November 15”
“When Bishop Dominique Blanchet accepted the appointment to succeed Michal Santier as head of the diocese of Créteil in the suburbs of Paris nearly two years ago, he was aware that his predecessor had admitted to sexual abuse charges. ”
“"We know that the publication of canonical measures or sanctions (against abusive clerics) — and even the facts, if there is sufficient assurance they are true — can allow new victims to dare to speak out," says Sr Véronique Margron. "I am therefore convinced that publication is necessary"”
“Bishop Michel Santier, who led the dioceses of Luçon (2001-2007) and then Créteil (2007-2021), acknowledged in late 2019 that he had committed acts of voyeurism in the 1990s at the expense of two young men.”
“Canonical sanctions were imposed on Bishop Santier in October 2021. But they remained secret for an entire year on the pretext that "the victims did not want their story to be publicized". Was it not possible to reveal the facts while preserving their anonymity?”
“The French province of the Montfort Brothers of Saint Gabriel, an international Catholic teaching order founded in the 18th century, has held its first-ever listening session with victims of sexual abuse.”
“Catholics in France are beginning to wonder if Pope Francis is ever going to meet Jean-Marc Sauvé and the members of the independent commission he led in a major investigation into Church-related sex abuse in their country.”
“The Bishops’ Conference and the Conference of Religious held their Assemblies in November, expressing their own reactions and taking timely action in response to many of the Commission’s recommendations.”
“"The Catholic Academy was not trying to have a debate and contribute to the truth, but rather to engage in a trial against the accused and a smear campaign," said Sauvé, a highly respected civil servant, in the preamble to his 50-page response.”
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