French surgeon at trial for alleged rape, abuse 299 victims, mostly children’s patients
Former French surgeon charged with rape or sexual abuse 299 victims, mostly children under his care, will be tried in France over almost three decades on Monday.
Joël Le Scouarnec, which is now 74 years old, should judge over four months in Vannes, Brittany. The trial will be examined by alleged rapes and other abuse committed between 1989 and 2014 against 158 men and 141 women. The average age of alleged victims was 11 years.
Le Scouarnec, who will face hundreds of alleged casualties during the trial, does not deny allegations, although he says he doesn’t remember everything. Many alleged victims say they have no memories of attacks, after being unconscious at the time.
The case was brought to the spotlight in 2017 when a six -year -old neighbor accused Le Scouarnec of touching her over a fence that separated their properties.
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The investigative writings in the Vannes Court in West France were seen on Monday, on the opening day of the trial of the French surgeon Joël Le Scouarnec. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
Investigators searched his home and discovered more than 300,000 photographs, 650 pedophile, zoofil and scatological videos, according to investigative documents.
The investigation further determined that The surgeon described himself In his notebooks as a pedophile and revealed details about his actions. Investigators found alleged victims whose names were found written in notebooks.
The view shows the entrance of the Hopital de la Villeneuve before opening the trial in Vannes. (Reuters/Stephane Mahe)
Le Scouarnec was convicted in this case in 2020, together with the rape and sexual attacks of their two nephews when they were children in the 1980s and 90s and four-year-olds. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Amélie Lévêque, one of the alleged victims named in notebooks, was at the time of the 1991 operation at the time of surgery. When she recently spoke of discoveries, she said she remembered a little about surgery, although she remembered “a surgeon who was a surgeon who was a surgeon who was a surgeon who was a surgeon who was a surgeon who was a surgeon was a surgeon who was completely “following the procedure, noting that she” cried a lot “.
Amelie Leveque, the alleged victim of French surgeon Joel Le Scouarneca, talks to the media on the day of opening the trial, outside the Vannes Court, West France, Monday, February 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
She described that she was contacted through the discovery of her name in notebooks.
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“It was the beginning of the answer to the life of the questions, and then it was the beginning of descending to hell,” Lévêque told the France Public Emiterine 3. “I felt like I lost control of everything. I wasn’t crazy, but now I’m had to face the truth of what happened. “
“I fell into a deep depression. … My family tried to help, but I felt completely alone,” she said.
Le Scouarnec was previously convicted in 2005 for possession and import of materials for sexual abuse of children and sentenced to four months suspended prison time. Despite this belief, he was appointed a hospital practitioner next year.
Le Scouarnec faces up to 20 years in prison If convicted in this trial, He served over 15 years after being found guilty of rape and sexual abuse of children in 2020.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
