The management of the Póvoa de Lañoso school group in the Braga region, where a teacher suspected of 2,000 crimes of sexual abuse of children taught, ordered disciplinary proceedings to be opened and suspended the teacher from classes.
A 50-year-old primary school teacher, arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of committing at least 2,000 child sexual abuse crimes over the past seven years, was placed in pre-trial detention after being presented for her first court interview. in the Braga court.
“Group Management [escolar] initiated the necessary procedures to initiate disciplinary proceedings and preventive removal of the teacher,” the Ministry of Education and Science said in a written response sent to the Lusa agency.
The guardianship states that “the class, the head of which is a teacher, is provided from Wednesday with a teacher who performs the role of coordinator of the institution, given her relationship with the students in question.”
The Ministry of Education adds that the social educator working in the school group “was called upon to assist the teaching teacher in addition to supporting” these students.
“The leadership of the group met with the guardians of the class students and representatives of the Parents Association, psychological support was provided, agreed with local authorities. The case was transferred to the competent authorities,” the message says. in the custody response.
In a statement released on Wednesday, the Police Judicial (PJ) said the teacher was suspected of “committing at least two thousand crimes of sexual abuse of children, as far as has been established so far, most of them in aggravated circumstances.” also, at the very least, the crime of juvenile pornography.”
“The investigation began following a complaint filed by the Escola Secundária da Póvoa de Lanhoso following reports from several students that they had been victims of sexual assault by the suspect,” the SP said.
A PJ source told Lusa on Wednesday that he was a 1st cycle basic education teacher.
“The suspect has been violent, from at least the 2017/2018 school year to the present, in the classroom and against students aged 6 to 9 years at the primary school where he worked,” the report said. statement.
As a result of searches carried out at the defendant’s workplace, “certain items that may be related” to the commission of these crimes were discovered and seized, the judicial police added.
The same PJ source indicated that the teacher had already taught in schools in Porto, Vila Nova de Gaia, Barcelos and Amares.
“Therefore, the real scale of his criminal activities is still unknown,” the statement emphasizes.
Author: Lusa
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