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Jacques Leveugle, charged with abusing 89 minors across nine countries from 1967 to 2022, confessed to two family murders, prompting a parallel investigation.
- Prosecutor Etienne Manteaux announced on Tuesday that Jacques Leveugle, 79-year-old former educator, was charged with aggravated rape and sexual assault of 89 minors between 1967 and 2022.
- A nephew discovered a USB drive containing 15 tomes, and Leveugle has been under formal investigation since February 2024 and in pretrial detention since April 2025.
- The writings—described as 15 volumes—refer to 'sexual relations' with boys aged 13 to 17 and helped identify alleged victims from Germany, Switzerland, Morocco, Niger, Algeria, the Philippines, India, Colombia, and New Caledonia.
- In an unusual step, prosecutors publicly named the suspect to encourage victims and witnesses to come forward, while authorities set up a hotline stressing urgency due to the suspect's age and tracing difficulties.
- Investigator noted the case's digital trail echoes the Pelicot affair, with the suspect confessing to suffocating his mother in the 1970s and his aunt in the 1990s, prompting a parallel murder investigation.
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Jacques Leveugle, 79, allegedly committed abuses against minors since the 1960s in several countries
French investigators have launched a rare international appeal for victims and witnesses in a wide-ranging criminal investigation into 79-year-old Jacques Leveugle, a former teacher and educator suspected of sexually abusing nearly 90 children over more than five decades and in numerous countries around the world.
Jacques Leveugle was charged with rape and aggravated sexual assault committed against 89 minors between 1967 and 2022.
The man suspected of rape and sexual assault on dozens of young people was said to have occupied a prominent place in the lives of these young people, exercising a "moral constraint" facilitating the transition to action.
On Tuesday, the French courts launched an appeal for witnesses concerning 79-year-old Jacques Leveugle, accused of rape and aggravated sexual assault on 89 minors in several countries between 1967 and 2022, as well as the murders of his mother and aunt. This is what we know about the suspect and the investigation.
France calls for witnesses in ex-teacher abuse of 89 minors, including Filipinos
French prosecutors on Tuesday appealed for more testimony from potential further victims in a mass abuse case against a 79-year-old former teacher charged with the rape and sexual assault of 89 minors since the 1960s across multiple countries, including the Philippines.
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