In October 2017 a big internal crisis emerged related to the gouvernance of the Catholic University of Toulouse when the rector decided to fire the dean of Philosophy Andrea Bellantone accused of harassment.[4] After the matter became public, the bishops decided to step in to calm the situation. Both the dean and the rector were kept in place. Following that scandal, the rector Luc-Thomas Somme decided to resign a year later resulting in the resignations of philosophy professors and students.[5]