France makes international appeal over ex-teacher accused of raping 89 children

Police search for more possible victims of Jacques Leveugle, whose alleged crimes span many countries and date back to 1960s

French police have made a rare international appeal for victims and witnesses in the case of a 79-year-old former teacher accused of raping and sexually assaulting 89 children across five continents from the 1960s until 2022.

Police in Grenoble said Jacques Leveugle, who has been in pretrial detention in France since April 2025, was a textbook example" of a serial sexual offender in an unusually sprawling case spanning many countries from Germany to India over more than five decades.