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Chauny and Bordeaux School Abuse Cases Move Toward Trial

The Bordeaux referral follows an inquiry that identified about 36 former pupils as victims.

Overview

  • In Aisne, a 35-year-old history–geography teacher at the private Saint-Charles school in Chauny will be tried on March 3 for sexual assaults on a 14-year-old pupil.
  • Prosecutors said the Chauny case was reclassified from rape to sexual assaults and corruption of a minor under 15 after penetration could not be established.
  • The Chauny suspect is under judicial control, barred from working with minors, and faces a potential 10-year prison sentence.
  • In Gironde, a 54-year-old former primary teacher from Saint-Genès La Salle in Bordeaux has been sent to the département’s criminal court to face charges including multiple rapes and sexual assaults.
  • Investigators have identified roughly 36 presumed victims in the Bordeaux case, including 17 alleging rape, and parents have filed a separate complaint over alleged failure to report earlier warnings.