Following the creation in France of an independent commission, "Recognition and Reparation", for people who are victims of members of religious communities in the Church, Taizé’s prior, Brother Alois, met in January with its president, the magistrate Antoine Garapon. He agreed to deal with allegations involving brothers of the community and appointed two members of the commission for this purpose. Anyone wishing to speak to them can do so directly via [email protected] or through the internet site.

In addition, a testimony received at [email protected] was sent to the Public Prosecutor of Mâcon. It again implicates the former brother accused of several sexual assaults (see the June 2019 statement and the updated note for March 2020).

Finally, the community invited an independent team of four people to come to Taizé at the beginning of November 2022 to begin an audit of Taizé’s safeguarding policies and make any necessary recommendations.