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Retired surgeon admits to 'hideous acts' as France's largest child sexual abuse trial gets underway

Retired surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec is accused of sexually abusing 299 victims, including many minors under 15 years old, with over 100 rape and 150 sexual assault charges.
The trial is based on horrific evidence, including a diary detailing sexual acts with children and over 300,000 child abuse images found at Le Scouarnec's residence.
Marie-France Le Scouarnec, Joel's ex-wife, is accused of covering up his crimes for decades, which she denies, claiming ignorance.
Le Scouarnec was previously convicted for downloading pornographic images of children in 2005 and is serving a 15-year sentence for assaults on four girls.

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The Sun

Wife of 'France’s worst paedo covered up drug & rape horror for DECADES'

THE ex-wife of a sick French surgeon accused of raping hundreds of underaged children covered up his alleged crimes for decades, a court heard. Disgraced Joel Le Scouarnec, alleged to be France’s worst paedophile, has been accused of sexually abusing 299 victims in what is being dubbed France’s biggest-ever child abuse case. EPAMarie France (R), the ex-wife of former surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec, arrives at the Morbihan criminal court in Vannes[/ca…

14 hours ago·United Kingdom

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The Independent

Ex-wife of surgeon who ‘sexually abused 299 victims’ accused of covering up crimes

Joel Le Scouarnec is accused of attacking 158 males and 141 females, mostly children

14 hours ago·London, United Kingdom

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Le Monde

299 victims, 65 lawyers, 75 days: The complex logistics of France's largest-ever child abuse trial

The 90-seat courtroom in Vannes, Brittany, was too small to host the extraordinary trial of Joël Le Scouarnec. After various options were considered, a spillover room was arranged to show broadcasts in a neighboring former law faculty.

16 hours ago·Paris, France

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CTV News

Retired surgeon admits ‘despicable acts’ in France’ largest child abuse trial

The numbers involved in France’s largest child abuse trial are staggering: 299 alleged victims, sexually abused in 10 hospitals and clinics over 25 years – all by one doctor, prosecutors say.

18 hours ago·Canada

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Euronews

What is the story behind France's largest child sexual abuse case?

Months after the Gisèle Pelicot case rocked France, Le Scouarnec is accused of raping or abusing 299 victims, most of them young children at the time.

19 hours ago·France

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Live Mint

France Shocker: Ex-surgeon faces trial for abusing 299 boys and girls over 30 years, ’I committed odious acts’

France shocker: French surgeon Joël Le Scouarnec is on trial for raping or abusing 299 patients, mostly children, between 1989 and 2014. Some victims were unconscious during the assaults. He admits to some crimes and faces up to 20 more years in prison.

22 hours ago·New Delhi, India

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