Overview

• Former pupil Thierry Kruger has filed a criminal complaint against former Saint-Stanislas director Dominique Pervenche, who denies wrongdoing and points to prescription while remaining presumed innocent.
• The diocese and Catholic education authority report 87 signalements after a public appeal, including 63 tied to Saint-Stanislas.
• Franceinfo counts 73 reports concerning the school when adding 10 testimonies gathered before the appeal, with most allegations dating from the 1950s to the 1980s.
• Testimonies describe rapes, sexual assaults and fondling, often at the boarding facility, while officials note that half of victims cannot name an aggressor and two-thirds cannot specify the severity.
• The Nantes prosecutor opened an inquiry in early September following a 2024 suicide linked to alleged abuse, as survivors form a support collective and the diocese prepares to transmit substantiated elements to authorities.