“In 2025, fifteen investigations were opened into acts of sexual abuse in Paris kindergartens against children under 5 years old, one of which must be tried within days”stated to Release special juvenile prosecutor of the Paris public prosecutor’s office. In this interview published on Saturday, November 22, Lisa-Lou Wipf specifically noted a “significant increase in the number of reports”.
A Paris kindergarten school leader, suspended since early April, will also go on trial on Tuesday in a judicial court in the capital Paris, on suspicion of sexual abuse of five minors and sexual harassment of two co-workers, as well as sexual assault of a co-worker.
The prosecutor said “significant increase in the number of reports of sexual violence”which is of concern “almost all of them are extracurricular leaders, and not teachers”.
Increased reports questioning professionals
This “a very clear improvement” East “especially Parisians”continued Lisa-Lou Wipf. Prosecutors don’t “don’t think” it’s children “more victims in Paris than anywhere else”or that “professionals have less good intentions in Paris than anywhere else”.
Professionals “more trained and more receptive to children’s speech than before” And “Parents’ gaze becomes sharper, and of course more suspicious than before”said Lisa-Lou Wipf. However, prosecutors did not rule out the possibility “in certain cases, a ripple effect, a form of contagious worry, which fortunately is not always unfounded”.
The City of Paris in mid-November announced plans to combat gender-based and sexual violence against children in schools, with the creation of child defender positions and increased training for facilitators.
This plan came to light when the mother of a 4-year-old girl recently filed a complaint of aggravated rape against a leader of the City of Paris. In 2025, thirty presenters were suspended, including 16 for alleged sexual conduct, a figure that was stable compared to the previous two years, according to City Hall.
