A slight « Betharram effect » in the release of speech – Liberation

In the Catholic Church, the world of sexual violence is populated by ghosts. That of Bernard Preynat, The ex-Lyonnais priest, pedocrimonel in series, died June 23, 2024arose, this Tuesday, March 25, during the presentation of the annual assessment of the independent national recognition and repair body (INSIRR), one of the two commissions which are responsible for compensation for victims. “I farted a cable when I learned his death. Preynat is quietly dead in his bathroom ”, said one of the victims of the religious, Gilles Tillet, 53, the voice made by emotion, deploring that no collective memory ceremony took place.

Accompanied by Inirr since 2021, the screenwriter has been one of the 1,580 people who have addressed the Commission since its establishment, three years ago, following the publication of the Sauvé report, which estimated at 330,000 the number of victims of sexual violence committed in the Catholic Church since the 1950s. For half of those who have addressed the INIRR, the file has already led to financial compensation and a process of recognizing the acts committed. To these figures are added the 1,065 files dealt with by the recognition commission e