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Summary.
It is an imposing ensemble with white facades, located on the banks of the Gave de Pau, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
Notre-Dame de Bétharram, its former name, is today a private and Catholic school group which welcomes students from kindergarten to high school.
But for nearly two centuries, the religious institution was intended to teach young boys in middle and high school.
An establishment renowned for its excellent results, but also known for a long time for the iron discipline that reigned there.
Last February, 33 former students filed a complaint for acts of physical and sexual violence.
Decades after their time in Betharram, some say they are still marked by the gratuitous and disproportionate violence they suffered at the hands of adults.
In addition to arbitrary punishments, several testimonies report sexual abuse and rape committed by guards.
In the late 1990s, a clergyman who had headed the institution was himself indicted for rape.
This episode of Source Code is narrated by Timothée Boutry, journalist with the police-justice department of Le Parisien.
Credits.
Editorial direction: Pierre Chausse - Editor-in-chief: Jules Lavie - Reporter: Ambre Rosala - Production: Clara Garnier-Amouroux, Barbara Gouy and Thibault Lambert - Production and mixing: Julien Montcouquiol - Music: François Clos, Audio Network - Archives: INA.
About Source Code.
Code source is the daily current affairs podcast from Le Parisien.
Stories told by editorial journalists or by those who experienced them directly.
A meeting led by presenter Jules Lavie and reporter Ambre Rosala, to be found from Monday to Friday from 6 p.m. on LeParisien.fr or on the main listening platforms.
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