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Prosecutor orders preliminary inquiry into charges by Arsakeia Schools alumni

Prosecutor orders preliminary inquiry into charges by Arsakeia Schools alumni

An Athens first-instance court prosecutor ordered a preliminary inquiry on Friday into charges by 285 alumni of Arsakeia Schools alleging sexual and other harassment by teachers.

The inquiry was initiated by the Schools' managing board, Filekpedeftiki Eteria, and its president Giorgos Babiniotis.

In a letter to the managers, the alumni who had graduated from the prestigious private school between 1994 and 2018 said that they knew of and had been informed of sexual, emotional or verbal abuse of students by specific teachers of either sex.

They also criticized a "chronic mentality of some people" and condemned the perpetrators or those responsible persons who covered up, as they said, such incidents.

"The administration should have the courage to provide explanations for some of their decisions that proved to be faulty," they said.