The facts would have occurred over a long period, “between 2008 and 2017”, notably in Paray-le-Monial (Saône-et-Loire), in the department of Alpes de Haute-Provence and in Bordeaux, indicated the magistrate. A retired priest was indicted on Thursday by an investigating judge in Tours for “rape by a person abusing the authority conferred on him by his function” on two adult women he encountered during his ministry, he said. we learned on Friday from the prosecution, confirming a information from South West.
The cleric is also indicted for “sexual assault by a person abusing the authority given to him by his function” on a third adult woman, also in his ministry, said Catherine Sorita-Minard, public prosecutor in Tours.
The victims were part of a religious community
The priest, born in 1947 in Pau and retired, lives in Indre-et-Loire. He was placed under judicial supervision. According to South Westthe priest belonged to the Emmanuel Community, as did the victims, nuns.
According to its website, this community “brings together lay people (married, single, consecrated celibate) and priests, who live in the heart of the world and put themselves together at the service of the mission of the Catholic Church through adoration, compassion and evangelism.”