Roxana Maracineanu on sexual violence in sport: "Those responsible must be punished"

LE FIGARO. - Do you consider the situation as very serious?

Roxana MARACINEANU. - Yes, of course. I received Tuesday the president of a federation in which the facts exposed in the media and the numerous testimonies which we receive since in the ministry are of exceptional gravity. These are children and adolescents who are marked for all their lives by what they have suffered.

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Since the media coverage of these cases, have you had any feedback from other federations?

Many people have found the number of the Ministry of Sports. The liberation of speech has this virtue that what we could keep for ourselves, we now prefer to point out. And that allows us to act. Previously, the reporting chain was too little known. It is now thanks to the outbreak of all these unfortunate cases. This will make it possible to detect deviant or even pedophile people, to distance them from contact with children and to leave the judiciary to

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