Betharram affair: French PM Bayrou’s daughter reveals she was a victim of abuse

Hélène Perlant, daughter of French Prime Minister François Bayrou, revealed she was physically assaulted by a priest at the Notre-Dame de Bétharram school during a summer camp in the 1980s. Her testimony is featured in the upcoming book Le Silence de Bétharram, which compiles accounts from other victims and is due for release this Thursday. Perlant described the school environment as oppressive and compared it to a sect, adding that her father was unaware of the abuse.