Paris Expands Child-Abuse Probe to Nearly 100 Schools and Nurseries
Prosecutors say the case has widened to 84 nursery schools and about 20 elementary schools as parents push for stronger child protection.
- Last Wednesday, Paris's Brigade de Protection des Mineurs carried out coordinated raids detaining 16 people at Saint-Dominique nursery school in the 7th arrondissement, as criminal investigations expanded to span 114 Paris schools and nurseries where children as young as three were allegedly raped, beaten and denied food.
- Failures to act on prior warnings enabled abuse to spread: a monitor indicted in 2025 for abusing three minors had been arrested in 2024 for similar acts yet was returned to work, while Lawyer Louis Cailliez filed complaints in February on behalf of families whose children were allegedly victimized by the same supervisor.
- Mayor Grégoire suspended 78 municipal employees since March with 31 suspected of sexual violence, compared to 46 suspensions in 2025; his €15.8 million reform package mandates staff training, unannounced inspections and a blanket ban on unsupervised adult-child contact.
- Barka Zerouali, co-founder of #MeTooEcoles, told France 24 that authorities ignored complaints for years, stating 'Behind each suspension, there is a child,' while Lawyer Florian Lastelle questioned whether public services can guarantee children's safety amid weak vetting of monitors.
- Education Minister Édouard Geffray expressed support for a national blacklist barring individuals displaying 'unacceptable behaviour' from working in education, as a six-month Information and Evaluation Mission will examine systemic failures and prosecutors confirmed investigations remain ongoing.
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By refusing the closed session of the trial of an out-of-school kindergarten facilitator tried before the Paris Correctional Court, the families accusing David G. of sexual assaults on their children allowed a first public trial, on Monday, around this scandal that strikes the capital, but resonates throughout France.
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der Standard DEA scandal about sexual violence against children in Paris schools and day hoards is drawing more and more circles. On Monday the trial against the first perpetrator began. 86 will follow
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