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How was the icon able to hide the sexual predator for so long? Why were his victims not heard for decades and how was the French people's favorite personality able to continue his attacks despite numerous alerts? On July 17, 2024, the leaders of Emmaüs revealed the unthinkable. Abbé Pierre, founder of the movement who died in 2007, is accused by seven women of having sexually assaulted and harassed them. Initial testimonies that free the voices of other alleged victims, like Danièle. She speaks for the first time in Envoyé spécial. At 73, this woman who devoted her life to others confides that she was assaulted by the abbé in 1972, during a humanitarian mission in Bangladesh. She was 21 and he was 60. With her as with others, the founder of Emmaüs is said to have played on pity to achieve his ends. Envoyé spécial reveals that the priest is now accused of attacking women of all ages, but also teenage girls and even children. Rachel was 8 years old. She gives her chilling testimony in this report. Today, there are around thirty people denouncing the attacks by the clergyman. For several months, Envoyé spécial followed from the inside how the Emmaüs movement collects these new testimonies, meets the victims and tries to continue the charitable work while erasing the memory of the founder who became an aggressor. ???? The replay “Les démons de l'abbé Pierre” is here ⏯ https://bit.ly/ES-160125 A report by Adrian Jaouen, Matthieu Parmentier, Simon Fichet and Jérôme Mars. ❤ To subscribe: https://bit.ly/ES-abonnement ???? Activate the bell to never miss a video! Find us also on: ▶ The replay: https://bit.ly/ES-160125 ???? Facebook: / envoyespecial.france2 ???? Instagram: / envoyespecial ???? Twitter: / envoyespecial ???? Tiktok: / envoyespecial.tv