Article 5E05C 'That's enough': France confronts decades of neglect of incest cases

'That's enough': France confronts decades of neglect of incest cases

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Kim Willsher in Paris
from World news | The Guardian on (#5E05C)

Book alleging political scientist Olivier Duhamel sexually abused stepson has led to resignations and calls for changes to age of consent

When Camille Kouchner - daughter of a former government minister and stepdaughter to a renowned constitutional expert - published a book about alleged child sexual abuse in her family it sparked another of France's periodic moral, social and political crises.

Once again, the country turned itself out to explain why another of its great and good might have abused a child, and how his equally great and good friends might have turned a blind eye - but this time the impact went much further.

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