Father Pierre, who died in 2007, was accused of sexual violence by multiple women in a new report, French media reported.

For many years he has been an icon of the French Church.

At least a dozen women have expressed concerns. The facts cover a long period of 30 years. From the late 1970s to 2005.

Emmas International recently received an allegation from a victim and commissioned the Abbe-Pierre Foundation to jointly conduct an investigation.