The former head teacher of a primary school in south-eastern France faces sex abuse charges against 55 pupils, the local prosecutor announced on Monday.
The case of the teacher from Villefontaine near Lyon, known only as Romain F, has shocked France and led to a government inquiry after it transpired he had been convicted of possessing child pornography in 2008 but that the justice ministry had failed to transmit his criminal record to the education ministry.
In March, he was placed under formal investigation for raping 11 pupils since last October, after confessing to having tricked blindfolded pupils into oral sex during a workshop on experiencing new tastes.
I’m not sure that’s rape either, it looks more like serial predatory child sexual abuse to me.
Alleged. Definitely.
What they do not tell you is that he was on the party list for the socialists in his area and so may have been protected.
The case of the teacher from Villefontaine near Lyon, known only as Romain F, has shocked France and led to a government inquiry after it transpired he had been convicted of possessing child pornography in 2008 but that the justice ministry had failed to transmit his criminal record to the education ministry.
Why should they be shocked at this? As Fred points out, the French establishment protects its own even more fiercely than the British establishment. I can’t believe there is anyone in France who doesn’t realise this.