Dossier
Catholic-run school
Coverage of Catholic-run school in the Nexus archive.
- The school abuse scandals that have triggered France to weigh new law
French lawmakers are set to debate a bill aimed at protecting children and combatting violence in schools, drafted in response to the Bétharram abuse scandal. The bill follows a parliamentary investigation into decades of mistreatment at a Catholic-run school in southwestern France and ongoing probes in Paris into allegations of child mistreatment by non-teaching staff.
- France debates bill to protect children in wake of school abuse scandal
French lawmakers are debating a bill to protect children and combat school violence, following a parliamentary investigation into the Betharram abuse scandal. The scandal revealed decades of mistreatment at a Catholic-run school in southwestern France.