Revered French Catholic priest and humanitarian Abbé Pierre has been accused of rape and sexual assault nearly 20 years after his death, leading France to grapple with his legacy.

Graffiti artwork of Abbé Pierre in Monteplier, France in April 2024. (Photo: GFreihalter/Wikimedia Commons) The head of the Catholic bishops' conference in France announced January 17 that he is ...

The 635-page report examined cases from 1964 to 2023 in the northern Italian region of Alto Adige-Südtirol and identified 41 ...

French bishops request criminal investigation into abuse allegations against Emmaus founder Abbé Pierre following nine new ...

France’s Catholic Church on Friday said that it had asked prosecutors to investigate a raft of sexual abuse accusations ...

Henri-Antoine Groues, better known as Abbe Pierre, was a Roman Catholic priest who renounced wealth to campaign for the homeless and was once one of France's most revered figures. He died in 2007 ...

Born Henri Grouès in 1912, Abbe Pierre was known across France for his work with the poor through Emmaüs and the Abbé Pierre Foundation. He died in 2007 at age 94.

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The head of France's Catholic bishops has called for a judicial investigation into Abbé Pierre following fresh allegations of ...

The summary highlights various global events including South Korea's political tensions, a sexual abuse inquiry in France's Catholic Church, Biden's sentence commutations, and Hamas' hostage release ...

The Catholic Church in France has called on prosecutors to investigate allegations of serious sexual abuse by the once ...