A French ex-surgeon is accused of raping or abusing 299 victims. Most were child patients

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On Monday 24 February, in Vannes, the trial of a vast case of child criminality begins. Former surgeon Joël Le Scouarnec is accused of having raped and sexually assaulted nearly 300 victims, mainly children, during three decades of medical practice in various hospitals in the west. It is a complaint that has stopped his journey.

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The former surgeon, whose trial opens on Monday, February 24 in Vannes, faces 20 years in prison for sexual assault and aggravated rape committed between 1989 and 2014 on 299 people. In Loches, where the criminal series is said to have begun, former patients wonder if they were his targets.

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France to hold high-profile trial for ex-surgeon accused of raping, abusing nearly 300 victims — mostly children

France is about to hold its largest-ever child sex abuse trial. While just one man is in the dock — a former surgeon accused of raping or sexual abusing 299 people, mostly child patients — activists hope the trial empowers other victims and helps expose other abusers long protected by societal taboos.

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According to the indictment, the abuse lasted from the 1980s until 2017. The trial, which has many French people concerned, starts on Monday.

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Paedophile accused of abusing 299 child victims 'kept diary of sick crimes'

French police uncovered details of alleged rapes and sexual assaults on young hospital patients.

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French ex-surgeon faces hundreds of child abuse charges

A former surgeon is going on trial in France for the rape and sexual abuse of 299 victims over a period spanning more than three decades