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=== Second marriage and affairs === On 1 April 1989, Jouret married his second wife, Marie-France Paré, a Canadian woman 12 years his junior. He was her third husband. Their wedding was held in [[Ottawa]] while the reception was held in the group's elaborate commune in [[Saint-Sauveur, Quebec|Saint-Sauveur]]. They married in a [[civil ceremony]], to which he invited Di Mambro and some of his relatives, who had not seen him in several years. They were shocked by the luxury, which they saw at odds with their simple upbringing, and found the wedding bizarre. Jouret claimed he was in love with her, but in reality the marriage was probably so he could acquire Canadian citizenship, which he did following their marriage.<ref name="Gaze941008">{{Cite news |last=Baker |first=Geoff |date=1994-10-08 |title=Jouret's Quebec-born ex-wife still in shock |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-gazette-jourets-quebec-born-ex-wife/160677618/ |access-date=2025-06-02 |newspaper=[[The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] |location=Montreal |page=A8 |language=en-CA |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |issn=0384-1294}}</ref>{{sfn|Bédat|Bouleau|Nicolas|1997|p=151}} Following their marriage Paré was his secretary, [[attaché]] and an officer of some of the OTS's companies. They did not live together at any point.<ref name="Gaze941008" />{{sfn|Bédat|Bouleau|Nicolas|1997|p=151}} During this marriage, he had numerous affairs with other women, and also a homosexual affair with [[Camille Pilet]], the OTS's financer. Pilet was 21 years Jouret's senior. They met in 1981, when Jouret, as his doctor, treated him for a heart issue. Pilet, grateful for his recovery, became a follower and a friend. He was a very wealthy sales director for the [[Piaget SA|Piaget]] watch company and several other watch companies, with a network of 40 million francs, and something of hypochondriac.{{sfn|Bédat|Bouleau|Nicolas|1997|p=152}} He officially joined the OTS in 1987, and rose quickly within the group, which took much of his fortune.{{sfn|Bédat|Bouleau|Nicolas|1997|pp=152–153}} A former group member testified that by 1988, Jouret was "living off" of Pilet's money, as well as the donations of other people and various inheritances. He received several million francs from Pilet.{{sfn|Bédat|Bouleau|Nicolas|1997|pp=152–153}} Beginning in early 1990, Arnaud Bédat said Jouret "fell in love" with Pilet, as testified by a former member, who said he was "very much in love with him".{{sfn|Bédat|Bouleau|Nicolas|1997|pp=152–153, 293}} In 1990 Pilet told his mistress of over 25 years that he could no longer meet her, claiming this was because he wanted to take a spiritual path; in reality this was because he was with Jouret.{{sfn|Bédat|Bouleau|Nicolas|1997|p=153}} Deeply ashamed of their relationship and blaming Pilet for it, Jouret publicly mistreated Pilet. Few people in the group knew they were having a sexual relationship, with one of them being Di Mambro.{{sfn|Bédat|Bouleau|Nicolas|1997|p=153}} Jouret and Paré ultimately separated on 11 September 1991, and divorced after 20 months on 8 December 1991. She survived the OTS deaths and spoke of her shock following them.<ref name="Gaze941008" />{{sfn|Bédat|Bouleau|Nicolas|1997|p=151}} Jouret may have also had a relationship with Jean-Pierre Vinet, though this is less certain. Both Vinet and Pilet died in the mass murder-suicides, likely two of the willing participants and orchestrators.{{sfn|Bédat|Bouleau|Nicolas|1997|pp=152–153}}
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