Overview

• The accounts largely describe incidents from 1950 to 1980 at the Nantes collège‑lycée, including rapes, sexual assaults and groping in the boarding facility and during at least one school trip.
• Half of those who came forward cannot name an aggressor, and two‑thirds cannot specify the severity of the acts reported.
• A prior review in late August cited 10 victims and five accused priests now deceased, as well as an unidentified member of the educational staff.
• The Nantes prosecutor opened a judicial investigation in early September after a 2024 suicide in which the deceased reported abuse by a supervisor while boarding at the school.
• Bishop Laurent Percerou acknowledged the seriousness of the emerging testimonies and pledged truth‑seeking alongside support for those who reported being harmed.