Politics · France · 18 hrs ago
24 Paris families file complaint over alleged failures in after-school abuse cases
Twenty-four families whose children attended two Paris schools in 2025 and 2026 plan to file a collective complaint with the Paris prosecutor on October 12.
The complaint concerns alleged violence in after-school programs and names 14 people, including the City of Paris and current and former officials.
The families say the case should examine not only people accused of directly harming children but also officials who may have allowed an animator to move between schools without being suspended or reported.
The complaint alleges a decade of criminal failings, including endangering others and failing to report suspected abuse.
It follows another complaint filed in September by more than 15 families seeking to hold Paris officials accountable.
Paris said that by September 2026 it had suspended 195 after-school staff members that year, including 74 over suspected sexual violence against minors.
More than 230 criminal investigations were also under way in schools, according to the article.
Twenty-four families are filing a collective complaint over alleged failures by Paris officials in cases of abuse in after-school programs.
The complaint is due to be submitted to the Paris prosecutor’s office on October 12, 2026.
It names 14 people and entities, including the City of Paris and current and former officials.
The families’ lawyer says the complaint seeks to hold administrators accountable for allegedly allowing an animator to move between schools without being suspended or reported.
The complaint concerns children who attended two Paris schools in 2025 and 2026.
- Who
- Twenty-four families, represented by lawyer Louis Cailliez, are filing the complaint.
- What
- They allege administrative failures in after-school abuse cases and seek accountability beyond the direct perpetrators.
- When
- The complaint is due to be filed on October 12, 2026.
- Where
- At the Paris prosecutor’s office; the families’ children attended Saint-Dominique and Volontaires schools in Paris.
- Why
- The families say officials allowed an animator to move between schools without being suspended or reported.
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tous les responsables de l'administration qui ont permis à un animateur de commettre des méfaits, en étant déplacé d'une école à une autre, sans être suspendu ou signalé
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More than 15 families filed an earlier complaint targeting, among others, Anne Hidalgo and Emmanuel Grégoire.
Louis Cailliez discussed the planned complaint in an interview with franceinfo.
The 24 families’ complaint is due to be filed with the Paris prosecutor’s office.
- Families
- 24
- People and entities targeted
- 14
- Complaint length
- 46 pages
- Schools named
- Saint-Dominique and Volontaires, Paris
- Children’s school years
- 2025 and 2026
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