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French Police Arrest 16 Preschool Workers Over Abuse Allegations
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- French police arrested 16 preschool workers in May after probing child-abuse allegations at Paris schools.
- A father filed a police complaint after his 3-year-old daughter said a preschool employee raped her with a finger.
- Lawyer Louis Cailliez confirmed the central parts of the father’s account.
- Paris prosecutors interviewed 44 children at the three preschools.
- Authorities acknowledged a failure to vet employees and monitor behavior amid the abuse crisis.