The investigation into the possible abuse scandal at a Viennese kindergarten in Penzing continues. Now the contents of an expert report on one of the four suspected cases is known. In it, the statements of a possible victim (3) were regarded as insufficient for a conviction. The report itself only reached the prosecutor’s office more than a year later…
A teacher at a municipal kindergarten in the 14th arrondissement is said to have sexually abused several children. The public prosecutor is investigating four cases. It was not until more than a year later that parents were notified of the suspicion and the suspect was withdrawn and handed over internally.
Kindergarten teachers never alone with a child
The report sent to ORF radio also concluded that the testimonies of a three-year-old girl, who was initially involved, would not lead to a conviction. In addition, there is a good chance that colleagues have protected the suspect. As for the allegation of sexual assault, including diapering, it says, “The kindergarten teacher was never alone with the child and there was no diaper situation.”
Appraisals arrived after more than a year
About the assessment of the youth care it is stated: “Due to the witness hearings at youth care MA 11 and the resulting facts, the allegations by the authority can be almost completely ruled out.” However, the report also shows that the expert had already spoken to the girl in April of the previous year.
However, this expertise was only recently – more than a year later – delivered to the public prosecutor’s office! There is now another report about the case, according to Ö1 the content is not yet known.
Another educator in the eyes of the researchers
In Vienna, another teacher from the same municipal kindergarten in Penzing was reported to have been abused. He is charged with “pedagogical misconduct”, the responsible councilor Christoph Wiederkehr (NEOS) reported on Tuesday. The suspect is being investigated in the direction of deprivation of liberty, spokeswoman for the Vienna prosecutor’s office Nina Bussek announced on Tuesday. As a result, the top manager of the Vienna kindergarten has now been fired. More suspicious cases were reported in Liesing.
“Complete incompetence of authorities and politics”
A parent representative criticized the return in the “Ö1 Mittagsjournal”. Contrary to what he claimed, the parents were not “caught and supported” after the allegations became known. A parents’ evening alarmed and raised “many more questions”. She spoke of “complete incompetence of authorities and politicians”. In relation to an incident made public a few days ago – a second kindergarten teacher who worked at the same location is said to have locked children in the toilet as punishment – the parent representative claimed that notes containing “very confusing, frightening” information had been distributed in the facility, while I briefed the media a little later in a press conference.
Source: Krone
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