Emmanuel Gregoire, a Socialist elected last month, says he too suffered sexual abuse as a primary school pupil

Emmanuel Gregoire, a Socialist elected last month, says he too suffered sexual abuse as a primary school pupil

 JOEL SAGET

The French capital's new mayor on Friday pledged to prioritise preventing sexual violence in after-school programmes, after allegations that poorly recruited school monitors abused preschool pupils.

Emmanuel Gregoire, a Socialist elected last month who says he too suffered sexual abuse as a primary school pupil, in comments to Le Monde newspaper promised to invest 20 million euros ($23 million) in the plan.

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