French ex-surgeon Le Scouarnec on trial for sex abuse admits guilt for all 299 victims
- Joel Le Scouarnec admitted guilt for 299 charges of sexually abusing his patients, as revealed by his lawyer, Maxime Tessier.
- The former surgeon, 74, is charged with 300 separate offences, including 111 rapes and 189 sexual assaults occurring between 1989 and 2014.
- His actions predominantly targeted patients under 15 years old, many during or after anesthesia, and he kept detailed records of the abuse.
- Le Scouarnec was never investigated during his career, despite a previous conviction in 2005 for possessing abusive images of children.
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The Scouarnec Trial: The "Deep Regrets" of the Medical Council
The National Medical Council, which was a civil party to the trial of Joël Le Scouarnec, admitted that it had not initiated any disciplinary proceedings against the surgeon, despite its conviction for the detention of child pornography images in 2005.
New French probe seeks ‘forgotten’ victims of paedophile surgeon
VANNES (France), March 24 — A French paedophile has admitted to sexually abusing 299 patients during his career as a surgeon, but now investigators are hoping to identify additional victims after it emerged dozens more may have been overlooked. Joel Le Scouarnec, 74, has been in court since last month accused of 111 rapes and 189 sexual assaults at a dozen hospitals in western France, in one of the country’s largest child sex abuse cases. On Thu…
"I couldn't imagine how much it could be repairing": at the trial of Joël Le Scouarnec, the cathartic effect of the testimony for the victims
For ten weeks, the civil parties confide in the Morbihan Criminal Court. Of the 299 direct victims of the ex-surgeon, almost two thirds chose to testify. Two of them recount the sense of deliverance that crossed them at the end of their testimony.
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