Joël Le Scouarnec was already serving prison for sexual abuse of four children when 299 more cases of violation and sexual abuse of patients were known, mostly minor
Two months after France sentenced to 20 years in prison Dominique Pélicot for driving his wife and allowing dozens of men to violate her, the country began to judge what is the largest pedophilia case in French history. Joël Le Scouarnec, a 74 -year -old surgeon, is accused of sexually abusing 299 people, mostly children while anesthetized.
“I did heinous things,” admitted Scoucouarnec on Monday to the Vannes Court during the opening of the trial, stressing that he was “perfectly conscious” that “these wounds cannot be erased or healed” and that he was ready to ” assume responsibility for your crimes “.
The details of the crimes of this surgeon are shocking the French public opinion. For three decades, between 1989 and 2014, Le scoucouarnec has violated hundreds of children in more than ten private and public hospitals where he exercised. Most victims of the surgeon had no idea that they had been violated and only learned what had happened to them when they were approached by the investigators.
It was a complaint made in 2017 in the city of Jonzac, in southwest of France, which caught the attention of the authorities. A six -year -old girl, neighboring the surgeon, told her mother that she had shown on the other side of the seal. The child’s mother exposed the case to the authorities, who detained the doctor on suspicion of sexual abuse of minors.
They had discovered the tip of an iceberg. During the search for Le Scouarnec’s property, more than 300,000 images and videos files were found, many with child pornography, under a collation and in various electronic devices. In addition, authorities also discovered Le Scouarnec’s “black books”. In these notebooks, the surgeon meticulously describes his crimes, listing names, ages, and graphic details of the sexual abuse he committed against patients. The average age of the victims was 11 years.
In one of the notes, Le scouarnec will have written, “I’m a pedophile and I will always be it.” Under the floor of the house, the police made another “macabre” discovery: a collection of over 70 full -size dolls used to simulate sexual acts with minors. These dolls would have various sizes and simulated different ages.
In 2020, he was convicted of sexual abuse of four children: the neighbor, two nieces and a hospital sick young woman. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison and is currently serving time.
The trial is expected to, which started Monday, last four months. According to the French press, the trial will also focus on how Le Scouarnec was allowed to accompany children, although he was convicted and received a suspended sentence in 2005, after the FBI reported the French authorities that The doctor accessed children’s pornography sites.
In 2006, a Psychiatrist at Hospital Quimperlé warned the administration about the danger he could pose, but no measure was taken. The Order of Doctors, as well as the French Ministry of Health were informed, but did not restrict Le Scouarnec’s activities.
Two hundred and fifty -six victims were under 15 years old, the youngest was a year old and the oldest 70.
