Philippe G. is accused of having sexually assaulted 24 boys, aged 6 to 14 in Asia, under the guise of humanitarian action.
Tuesday, May 25, 2021 is tried before the Paris judicial court Philippe G., a 52-year-old Frenchman, for sexually assaulting young boys, aged 6 to 14, during humanitarian missions in Asia. Between January 2013 and October 2015, reports The Parisian, Philippe G. would have attacked children who were sometimes orphans. The man, former director of a holiday center, had already been sentenced to three years in prison, half of which suspended, for similar facts in 2005. As the newspaper points out in this child pornography tourism case “several Nepalese and Cambodian children found by associations have taken action”, a rare action.
A judicial past, but still in contact with children
It was not until 2014 that reports were heard by the police officers of the Central Office for the Repression of Violence against the Person (OCRVP). A Nepalese association, Saathi, which aims to fight against pedophilia had surprised Philippe G. with various boys in hotels in Kathmandu (Nepal). Despite his name in the automated judicial file of perpetrators of sexual or violent offenses (Fijaisv), the fifty-year-old created in 2009 “Philmy Voyageurs Solidaires”, by placing his founding mother of the association. This organization announces that it is based on educational or humanitarian actions in Nepal, Cambodia, Laos or even in India with “most disadvantaged populations.” “Several important signals were missed, declares to Parisian Me Noémie Saïdi-Cottier, lawyer for Ecpat, an association that fights against sexual exploitation. His travels in countries plagued by sex tourism should have alerted. “” This case raises the question of the follow-up of people convicted of sexual violence against minors “, adds Me Frédéric Benoist, lawyer for the Voix de l’Enfant association.
Behind paid schooling, Philippe G. would have taken advantage of his status to impose masturbations or blowjobs on boys aged ten or less, during showers. He would also have slept naked with them.
In March 2015, an investigation was opened. The suspect only recognizes “sexual touching”. Locked up, Philippe G. was then placed under judicial supervision at the end of 2018, at the end of the legal period of pre-trial detention in correctional. According to an expert report, relayed by BFMTV, the profile of the accused is judged “particularly alarming.” And another explains that “Philippe G. sought his pleasure from young boys, without worrying about the harm he could do them”. Contacted by the continuous news channel, Noémie Saidi-Cottier once again expressed her question about “a failure of the authorities” and wish “understand how he got through the cracks”.
Philippe G. faces 20 years in prison.