US EditionVictims in French Le Scouarnec child abuse trial shocked at public indifference
- Joel Le Scouarnec, a retired surgeon, is concluding a three-month trial in Vannes on Wednesday for nearly 300 child sexual abuse charges dating from 1998 to 2014.
- The trial follows reports of institutional failures that allowed Le Scouarnec to abuse mostly children under anesthesia or surgery recovery without early detection.
- Victims, including Ms Lemoine and about 50 others, formed a campaign group to pressure authorities, expressing frustration over public indifference despite extensive media coverage.
- Le Scouarnec admitted raping or assaulting 299 people, and lawyer Myriam Guedj-Benayoun condemned France's "systemic, organised silence" on child abuse in her closing arguments.
- The trial highlights deep institutional failings, and while some activists hope it prompts societal change, many victims stress the ongoing need to make their voices heard.
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France: at the Trial of Joël Le Scouarnec, the Time for the Defence's Pleadings
After three months of trial, the defence of the former French pedocriminal surgeon Joël Le Scouarnec will plead, Monday 26 May, in the Morbihan criminal court in Vannes. The accused must then speak one last time before the verdict expected Wednesday.
·Paris, France
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The Whole World Knows the Name Pélicot, but Hardly Anyone Knows Le Scouarnec: “Everyone Seems to Remain Indifferent”
The French court has demanded a twenty-year prison sentence for former doctor Joël Le Scouarnec. The former surgeon is on trial in the western French city of Vannes for the rape and assault of 299 victims. They find it remarkable that the trial is receiving much less attention than the highly publicized case of Dominique Pelicot.
·Belgium
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