“
Today your rapist, tomorrow your doctor
”.
On the walls of the Faculty of Medicine in Tours, activists from "Action féministe Tours" denounced with posters and slogans a "
protection
" that a student accused of "rape" and "sexual assault" would do according to them the object, which would have allowed him to continue his studies at the University of Limoges and to carry out an internship in gynecology, revealed
Le Parisien
.
According to the daily, one of the young girls victims was 15 years old at the time of the events.
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Attacks that took place between 2013 and 2020, according to information communicated to
Figaro
by the University of Tours.
An investigation for “rape” and “sexual assault” had also been opened in September 2020, confirms for his part the public prosecutor of Tours Grégoire Dulin, specifying that the latter “
was treated with particular diligence after the first filing. of complaint
”.
An internship in gynecology assigned by an algorithm
A month after the opening of this investigation, a judicial investigation had been opened, in October 2020. The student in question had been indicted, imprisoned, then placed under judicial supervision.
Since then, the investigations are covered by the secrecy of the instruction.
Contacted by
Le Figaro
, the Faculty of Medicine of Tours stressed that, "
aware of the incomprehension and anger aroused by the revelation of the accusations of rape and sexual assault against a student of the faculty of medicine
" , the establishment had, on April 22, requested an external investigation from the rectorate, subsequently commissioned by the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation.
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Regarding the internship in gynecology carried out by the student as part of his studies in Limoges, the university in question replied to the
Parisian
that the respondent's file did not mention any disciplinary sanction and that his internship specialty - here, in gynecology - had been assigned to him by an algorithm.
“
Pending the report of the General Inspectorate of Education, Sport and Research, the University will not comment
,” added the University of Tours to
Le Figaro
, renewing its support for the victims.
"
Concerned about their protection, committed to the fight against sexist and sexual violence, the University of Tours has implemented, for several years, prevention and support systems that it will continue to strengthen
", insisted the 'establishment.