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France Opens New Probe Into Surgeon Convicted of Mass Child Sex Abuse

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French prosecutors have opened a new investigation into a surgeon convicted of raping and sexually abusing patients over decades. More.

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The trial against Joël Le Scouarnec was the largest case against child abuse in France. The ex-surgeon abused hundreds of children, who were on average eleven years old. After his conviction, the police are now familiar with nearly 50 more cases that were long behind.

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Former Surgeon Joël Le Scouarnec, considered the greatest pederast in France and sentenced to 20 years in prison for assaults and sexual abuse of 299 victims, is being investigated for 10 new rapes and 40 sexual abuse.The French surgeon who raped 300 children has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.The French Public Prosecutor's Office has opened an investigation into 10 new rapes and 40 sexual abuse of former Surgeon Joël Le Scouarnec, conside…

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The Lorient Public Prosecutor's Office announced on Wednesday 19 August the opening of judicial information for 40 new sexual assaults and 10 rapes against Joël Le Scouarnec, a former surgeon convicted in May 2025 for nearly 300 rapes and sexual assaults.

·Paris, France
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Former surgeon Joël Le Scouarnec has abused 299 mostly underage patients. He is now being investigated for further rape.

·Germany
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More than a year after his conviction for hundreds of abuse cases, new accusations have appeared against the imprisoned paediatric surgeon Joël Le Scouarnec. A further 40 sexual assaults and ten rapes were accused of the 75-year-old, according to prosecutor Laetitia Mirande in Lorient, West France, on Wednesday. The prosecutor's office therefore initiated an investigation. During the previous trial, "Instructions for further crimes have appeared…

·Hamburg, Germany
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Le Figaro broke the news in Paris, France on Wednesday, August 19, 2026.
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