French priest Abbe Pierre prepares to drive away after making various speeches to volunteer helpers who help the homeless in the streets of Paris, on Feb. 2, 1954. Several women have accused late ...

Abbe Pierre was a Catholic priest who made his name fighting for the homeless. He died almost two decades ago, but now the church has called for a full judicial investigation into accusations of ...

BRUSSELS, July 17 (Reuters) - The late French Catholic priest Abbe Pierre, a lifelong campaigner for the homeless and the poor, has been accused of sexual assault, the charities he founded said ...

A Capuchin monk since 1932 and an ordained Catholic clergyman since 1938, Abbe Pierre died in 2007 aged 94. Born Henri Groues, Abbe Pierre left behind a legacy as a friend to the poverty-stricken ...

Charities set up by France’s most famous Catholic priest, Abbé Pierre, are distancing themselves from their founder following a fresh wave of sexual assault allegations against a man once best ...

PARIS (AP) — The French Catholic Church has formally requested that prosecutors initiate an investigation into Abbé Pierre, a once-revered priest and humanitarian icon who died in 2007 ...

PARIS, Jan 17 (Reuters) - France's Catholic Church called on prosecutors on Friday to open a probe into sexual assault accusations against the late French priest Abbe Pierre, who was a lifelong ...

Abbé Pierre's name scrubbed from French public spaces over abuse scandal Lyon, the birthplace of Abbé Pierre, founder of the Emmaus charity, will rename a plaza bearing his name following recent ...

Abbé Pierre, who died in 2007, was one of France’s most beloved public figures. The founder of the international Emmaus Community for the poor, Abbé Pierre had served as part of France’s ...