Paris mayor expresses 'deepest regrets' over school monitor sex abuse

The mayor of Paris has expressed his deepest regrets over multiple cases of physical and sexual assault on children by school staff. According to The Local France and New Straits Times, the mayor admitted that there had been a lack of transparency in handling the crisis.

Parents in Paris have been unsettled by the scandal, which involved multiple allegations of sexual or physical violence against monitors employed by the city to look after children outside the classroom.

The mayor, Emmanuel Gregoire, made the comments at a fact-finding inquiry of the upper house Senate, acknowledging that the city of Paris may have lacked transparency, particularly in not holding systematic public meetings with parents and advocacy groups.

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