GRENOBLE, France: A French prosecutor on Tuesday appealed for further testimony in a mass abuse case across nine countries, after charging a 79-year-old former educator with rape and sexual assault of 89 minors since the 1960s.
Prosecutor Etienne Manteaux spoke to reporters in the southeastern city of Grenoble to publicize the case of the former teacher, who had also confessed to killing his terminally ill mother and his elderly aunt.
In an unusual move, French authorities named the suspect, Jacques Leveugle, who was born in 1946 in Annecy, an Alpine town an hour’s drive away from Grenoble.
This handout image released by France's Gendarmerie Nationale on February 10, 2026, shows a public appeal notice bearing portraits, taken in different years and locations, of Jacques Leveugle, a 79-year-old man who have charged in 2024 for aggravated rape and sexual assault committed against 89 minors. (AFP)
“This name must be known because the aim is to enable potential victims to come forward,” the prosecutor said.
