A TEACHER has been accused of raping children at a nursery in France as a terrifying paedophile epidemic rocks the country.
A probe has been launched into a teacher in the Alpes-Maritimes region as part of an inquiry, prosecutors announced on Tuesday.
The case was dismissed in October but parents have slammed the ‘botched’ investigation Credit: Shutterstock Editorial
It comes amid a nationwide scandal that has seen 100 teaching assistants placed under investigation Credit: Shutterstock Editorial
Last year two children, aged three and four, claimed the teacher at a kindergarten in Saint-Laurent-du-Var put “his fingers on their bottoms”.
One of the mothers, Laura, said her son told her there was a “secret” with the teacher.
According to Franceinfo, she said: “One evening in the shower, he told me that only the teacher could put his fingers in another little boy’s bottom and that the teacher did that to him too.”
The case was initially dismissed in October 2025 after prosecutors claimed there was “no evidence to suggest the reality” of the allegations.
But parents slammed the investigation, describing it as “botched” at a press conference on Tuesday.
One parent who filed a complaint said the police interview was rushed without building trust.
As a result the child could only say, “I don’t know anymore”, according to French media outlet bfmtv .
After two complaints the teacher was suspended from the school and a meeting was held with parents.
The families’ lawyer has called for a thorough investigation into the accused teacher Credit: AFP
Parents protest outside the trial of an after-school activity leader accused of sexual assault at Alphonse-Baudin school Credit: Shutterstock Editorial
But another two complaints from parents of a little girl and a fourth child followed.
After the case was dismissed last year the teacher was reinstated at the school in a position with no contact to children.
The man, who had worked at the school for ten years, “fiercely contested accusations”, the prosecutor said.
Parents say their children are being treated in a psychology department at hospital where they have been diagnosed with trauma.
Vincent Brengarth, the families’ lawyer, has called for interviews with those close to the teache, and investigations into computer equipment and telephone records.
“These are basic, elementary investigative steps in relation to the nature of the facts: assaults and rapes of minors”, he said.
An investigating judge from the Grasse judicial court will now lead the investigation.
The probe comes amid a nationwide scandal that has seen for crimes including rape against youngsters.
The during play, food, and rest periods, despite not having any teaching qualifications.
There are around 15,000 in , and detectives believe many have bypassed background checks so as to get at child care centres.
A huge raid was launched last month by local , who detained 16 people across three Paris schools.
At least 84 other cases of assistants accused of mistreating minors are under investigation in the city.
Paris mayor Emmanuel Grégoire has pledged the equivalent of £17.5million to improve the selection process.
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