Behind the bell towers of Ecône, influence, sexual violence and big secrets (Swiss Press Text 2025, by Grégoire Baur and Agathe Seppey) - Swiss Press Award
Le Temps et www.letemps.ch
2nd place
Text
2025
Grégoire Baur and Agathe Seppey
Founded and based in Switzerland, the Society of Saint Pius X (also known as the "Ecône") is an ultra-Catholic community spread across five continents. We demonstrate how the numerous sexual, psychological, and physical abuses tend to be fostered and concealed by an institution that operates in isolation and would do anything to protect its home.

