France: Activist Demands 'Victims First' Approach After Child Abuse Allegations Surface
Outrage follows revelations that a suspect in an 11-year-old girl's disappearance had prior child abuse allegations that were not acted upon. A body was found, and an activist stressed the judicial system must believe victims and survivors.
Outrage has erupted in France after it emerged the main suspect in the case of an 11-year-old girl missing since last week had been repeatedly accused of sexually abusing children with no action taken. A body was discovered on Thursday and formal identification was underway. Speaking with FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney, MiΓ© Kohiyama, co-president of 'Be Brave France', says that "the judicial system should consider first and believe the victims and the survivors".