The director of a private Catholic establishment in Bordeaux, one of whose teachers was examined on Friday for sexual assault, committed suicide on Monday by throwing himself under a train, the prosecution confirmed.
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The director of the primary school of the Saint-Genès La Salle establishment had indicated in an SMS, sent to the diocesan director of Catholic education in Gironde, “that he was going to end his life”, specifies the prosecutor of the Republic Frédérique Porterie in a press release.
A worrying disappearance investigation had been opened to find him before the lifeless body of a man was discovered on the tracks between the stations of Teste-de-Buch and Arcachon.
The director’s suicidal intentions were confirmed by two letters addressed to his family and to the academic director of the national education services, in which he evoked his ill-being, his responsibility for not having been more vigilant with regard to of the teacher in question and his desire to end his life, adds the prosecution.
On Tuesday, psychological care for students and teachers was organized in this popular establishment in Bordeaux.
This death occurred three days after the indictment and provisional detention of a CM1 teacher for aggravated sexual assault, voyeurism and possession of child pornography. This 52-year-old teacher was taken into police custody last week after a discovery class in Andernos-les-Bains, in which three CM2 classes participated. On June 19, four students informed an accompanying mother that he had “filmed them in the shower” by passing his mobile phone under the door of the cabins.
Alerted, the school director went there to collect testimonies and tell the teacher that he had to leave, according to the Sud Ouest newspaper. Before reporting the facts to justice.
Several photos and videos were found on the respondent’s computer, including screenshots showing him touching, according to the prosecution.