Moussages town plunged into shock and silence following Caroline Grandjean-Paccoud's suicide.
In the small village of Moussages, located in the Cantal department, a tragic event unfolded that has left the community in shock. On Monday, September 1st, 2021, Caroline Grandjean-Paccoud, the director of the local school, took her own life.
The school resumed on Wednesday, September 3rd, but the atmosphere was far from normal. Journalists and two gendarmes were present, as the community grappled with the aftermath of the suicide. The lesbophobic harassment that Caroline Grandjean-Paccoud had endured in the months leading up to her death had been reported in the media and complaints had been filed, but the author or authors of the insults remained unknown.
The harassment included written insults such as "dirty dyke", "dyke = pedophile", "go die dirty dyke", "get out dyke" and "pedophile". The lesbophobic slurs were not limited to written form; a threatening letter was also received. The harassment began as early as December 2023 and continued until August 2024, when the vandalism of four vehicles occurred.
Two of the vandalized vehicles were municipal, and two were private, one resembling the mayor's car. An inscription "PD" was found on all of the vandalized vehicles, but the link between the "PD" inscriptions and the harassment suffered by Caroline Grandjean-Paccoud cannot be factually established. The coincidence between the "PD" inscriptions and the harassment is striking, however.
People in Moussages want to move on from the teacher's suicide, but many are reluctant to speak out. Most of those interviewed requested anonymity, and a Moussageoise warned that few people want to talk to journalists.
In an interview with France 2, Christine Grandjean-Paccoud, the widow of Caroline Grandjean-Paccoud, estimated that "the lack of support" was the most painful thing for her wife. The hierarchy did not understand her suffering, she stated.
As of now, there is no public information available about who wrote the lesbophobic insults at the school before Caroline Grandjean-Paccoud's suicide. The gendarmes were unable to identify the author or authors of the harassment, and the community of Moussages continues to grapple with the tragedy that has befallen them.
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