Former Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo acknowledged a “collective failure” to protect children on Tuesday as police investigate more than 200 allegations of violence, mistreatment and sexual abuse at the French capital’s state-run nurseries and primary schools for over more than a decade.
Former Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said on Tuesday "collective failure" at institutions had opened the door to a wave of child abuse at state nurseries and primary schools in the French capital over more than a decade.
