"It was better not to meet him if he was on guard": a former student of the grandfather of Emile testifies to violence

The parliamentary commission of inquiry into violence at school carried out a "on-site and on-site" check of the village of children held by a traditional Catholic community in Pas-de-Calais, at the heart of several judicial cases of physical and sexual violence.

In the 1990s, Philippe Vedovini acted as a mentor in the traditionalist community of Riaumont, Pas-de-Calais. Former students have, years later, denounced the physical and sexual abuse committed by adults in this institution.

A former student of the Catholic school group of the ultra-hupped commune filed a complaint of sexual assault and psychological violence against an ex-censor of the institution, passed through Betharram. Since March, testimonies and reports flow, highlighting years of abuse.

Abduction, accident, family drama, the investigators have not ruled out any leads since the report of the disappearance on 8 July 2023 and of the discovery of the corpse of little Emile Soleil. However, the recent detention of several members of the family had re-launched the internal trail to the family. And the grandfather's behavior at the funeral of the child comes today to revive the debates. While Emile's relatives, including his grandfath…

On Wednesday, April 2, 2025, a group of former students of the Saint-Pierre Catholic College, located in the Relecq-Kerhuon (Finistry), filed a voluminous file of fifty written testimonies to the Brest Public Prosecutor's Office. These documents, written by former residents, relate to acts of physical violence, public humiliation, bullying, psychological torture and in some cases sexual violence, which occurred between 1962 and 1996, notably inf…