Paris mayor expresses 'deepest regrets' over school monitor sex abuse
PARIS: The mayor of Paris on Wednesday expressed his “deepest regrets” over multiple cases of physical and sexual assault on children by school staff, admitting there had been a lack of transparency in handling the crisis.
The mayor of Paris, Emmanuel Gregoire, has expressed his deepest regrets over multiple cases of physical and sexual assault on children by school staff. Gregoire admitted there had been a lack of transparency in handling the crisis, which has left parents in the French capital deeply unsettled. He acknowledged that the city of Paris may have lacked transparency, particularly because public meetings with parents and advocacy groups were not held systematically.
The comments came a day after a Paris court imposed the heaviest sentence since the allegations emerged, with Michael M., 38, admitting to sexually assaulting nine children aged five to 10 between September 2022 and January 2024.
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