Loire: the leaders of a social structure in police custody

A couple of leaders of a social structure in Noirétable (Loire) receiving minors was placed in police custody and the activity of their establishment suspended, after accusations of violence, sexual assault and rape, a-t -we learned Thursday, June 30 from concordant sources.

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Arrested on Wednesday as part of a preliminary investigation entrusted to the research brigade of the gendarmerie of Montbrison (Loire), the "police

", told AFP David Charmatz, the prosecutor of the Republic of Saint-Etienne.

The respondents, spouses in their forties, who until then received children and adolescents entrusted by social services, are both suspected of intentional violence by a person in authority.

The husband is also suspected of sexual assault and rape of minors under the age of 15, he added.

Complaints had been filed

The ten children for whom they were responsible at the Place de Vie et d'Accueil "

" were "

following reports from employees and complaints from parents and former boarders, some of whom are now adults, according to the prosecutor.

Questioned by AFP, the LR president of the Loire Departmental Council, Georges Ziegler, for his part confirmed that he had taken an "

" of this establishment which has been welcoming children and adolescents for a dozen years. 'years.

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The couple of leaders, employees of the association Les Bois noirs, which is chaired by the mother-in-law of the main defendant, is also suspected of having diverted part of the financing for their personal use (149 euros per day and per child) of child welfare.