A primary school head teacher confessed Tuesday to having tricked blindfolded pupils into oral sex during a workshop on experiencing new tastes, according to prosecutors, reports Yahoo! News.
The confession followed earlier revelations the suspect obtained his job working with young children despite a 2008 conviction for possessing child pornography.
That thunderbolt prompted France's education ministry to launch an internal investigation parallel to the legal inquiry to discover how the convicted offender was hired, and determine if any other victims were abused.
Prosecutors said the school principal, an unidentified 45-year-old father, forced at least two pupils to perform oral sex acts on him during the workshop. The activity involved children wearing blindfolds and describing items they were given to taste.
Authorities were alerted after two six-year-olds complained to their parents about what they had experienced.
Justice officials say the suspect tricked at least two pupils into oral sex behind a screen at a far end of the classroom.
Under French law, the assaults are qualified as rape.
Nine complaints by nine different pupils the suspect had been teaching have been filed with police thus far, said prosecutor Matthieu Bourrette.