PARIS — 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, following new ...

PARIS — Abbé Pierre, a French priest praised as a living legend for devoting his life to helping the homeless and using prayer and provocation to tackle misery, died Monday, his foundation said. He ...

I want to let you know that this next story includes descriptions of sexual assault. It's a story about accusations of sexual abuse, by one of France's most revered religious and humanitarian figures.

BRUSSELS (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, adding they ...

TRADITIONALLY most saints are gentle creatures. Those enshrined in French homes, or on prayer-cards stuffed into the missals of elderly churchgoers, are usually St Anthony carrying the child Jesus, or ...

PARIS (AP) — A legendary French priest and a life-long advocate of the homeless was accused of committing acts that would amount to “sexual assault or sexual harassment,” the international foundation ...

The president of French bishops' conference has officially requested that prosecutors open an investigation into the case of Abbé Pierre, following new sexual assault allegations against the once ...

FILE - Abbe Pierre addresses journalists in his home of Alfortville, east of Paris, on Aug. 5, 2005. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere, File) PARIS (AP) — The French Catholic Church has formally ...

Abbé Pierre photographed by Studio Harcourt in Paris, 1999. VATICAN CITY (AP) — A legendary French priest and a lifelong advocate of the homeless has been accused of committing acts that would amount ...