They include accusations that he raped a six-year-old girl living in his neighbourhood, raped a young relative and sexually assaulted another, abused a child patient, and indecently exposing himself.After charges were brought against him in these cases, investigators discovered secret diaries in which Le Scouarnec described sex scenes involving scores more children.
Joël Le Scouarnec, dubbed ‘France’s worst ever paedophile,’ is accused of abusing young patients across 10 hospitals and clinics over the span of 25 years.
France’s largest child abuse trial is underway – 299 victims, most of them children, all allegedly raped or sexually abused by one doctor.
- The 68 year-old retired French surgeon may have raped or sexually abused as many as 349 children over his near 30-year career and could be France's biggest-ever paedophilia case.
Francois, a plaintiff in the case who was 12 when Le Scouarnec allegedly abused him, said he hoped the case would provide much-needed answers.
