A French primary school head teacher has been charged with having tricked blindfolded pupils into oral sex during a workshop on experiencing new tastes.
Grenoble prosecutor Jean-Yves Coquillat said on Wednesday the suspect, a 45-year old father, had been charged with “aggravated rape, sexual assault on minors … procurement and possession of child pornography,” and remanded in custody.
The move came a day after the school principal confessed to accusations he manipulated pupils into performing oral sex acts on him during the workshop.
The children were blindfolded and asked to describe items they were given to taste.
Mr Coquillat added that nine complaints have been filed against the suspect by two boys and seven girls — aged six and seven — who had been pupils in his class in Villefontaine, near the city of Lyon in south-eastern France.
The shock and horror at the Mas de la Ras school and across France in reaction to the assaults deepened further with revelations on Tuesday that the principal had obtained his job despite a 2008 conviction for possessing child pornography.
However, that conviction — which carried a six-month suspended jail term and an order to receive specialised treatment — did not prohibit him from working with children.
Authorities responsible for the school said they had received no information about the 2008 conviction when the suspect was hired in late 2014.
They also said they had gotten no indication his name was in a national database of child sex offenders, but noted systematic consultation of that list was limited to entry-level hires and interns.
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