# France faces reckoning over child abuse failures

https://mins.news/en/item/17413

- France 24, 2026-08-09 11:34 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/france-faces-reckoning-on-child-abuse

> The killing of Lyhanna, a young French girl, by a known sex offender triggered widespread outrage across the country. The case led the justice minister to demand a review of police procedures. A leaked letter from Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin to the interior minister now sets out serious failures in the way child sexual abuse cases were handled. The report examines the consequences of those failures for France’s justice and policing systems.

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