The Paris prosecutor’s office warned of increasing reports of sexual violence in Paris kindergartens

Speaking to “Libération”, the prosecutor specializing in minors from the Paris prosecutor’s office stated that the report concerns “almost exclusively leaders of extracurricular activities, and not teachers”.

He warned on a “significant increase in the number of reports”. Fifteen investigations opened by 2025 into sexual abuse at kindergarten schools in Paris, report Release special prosecutor for minors from the Paris Prosecutor’s Office, Lisa-Lou Wipf, Monday 24 November. “In 2025, fifteen investigations were opened into acts of sexual abuse in Paris kindergartens against children under the age of five, one of which must be tried within days”said the chief juvenile prosecutor. A Paris kindergarten school leader, suspended since early April, will go on trial on Tuesday in a judicial court in the capital Paris, on charges of sexual abuse of five minors and sexual harassment of two co-workers, as well as sexual assault of a co-worker.

The prosecutor added that the report was worrying “almost all of them are extracurricular leaders, and not teachers”. This “a very clear improvement” East “especially Parisians”continued Lisa-Lou Wipf. Prosecutors don’t “don’t think” while the kids “more victims in Paris than anywhere else”or that “professionals have less good intentions in Paris than anywhere else”. Professionals “more trained and more accepting of children’s words 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. 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 the city hall.