Abbé Pierre

French Catholic priest, founder of the Emmaus movement, subject of sexual abuse scandals · France · On the map · Religious Figures · Lived 1912 to 2007 · aged 94

Abbé Pierre (born Henri Marie Joseph Grouès; was a French Catholic priest. He was a member of the Resistance during World War II and deputy of the Popular Republican Movement. In 1949, he founded the Emmaus movement, with the goal of helping poor and homeless people.

Abbé Pierre is read about 436 times a day, in 38 languages.

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2007Died22 January 20072004Grand Cross of the Legion of HonourAward1991Balzan PrizeAward1947Medal of the Armed ResistanceAward1946Croix du combattant volontaire de la RésistanceAward1945Resistance MedalAward1912Born5 August 1912

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Abbé Pierre (1955)

Awards

Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour2004

Balzan Prize1991

Medal of the Armed Resistance1947

Croix du combattant volontaire de la Résistance1946

Resistance Medal1945

Croix de guerre 1939-1945

Officer of the National Order of the Cedar

Honorary Doctorate at the Laval University

Escapees' Medal

Médaille commémorative de la guerre 1939-1945

About this person

For several decades, he was one of the most popular public figures in France. Allegations that he had sexually abused dozens of women, as well as several underage girls, emerged in 2024 and 2025.

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France