French Court Sentences Pedophile Surgeon to 20 Years in Prison for Abusing 299 Patients, Mostly Children

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Former Surgeon Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Sexually Assaulting Nearly 300 Victims for More Than 2 Decades

The French doctor was allowed to continue working at local hospitals and private clinics even after a 2005 conviction for possessing images of child sexual abuse, per Reuters and NBC.

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French court sentences pedophile surgeon to 20 years in jail for abusing hundreds of patients

A 74-year-old pedophile and former surgeon was given a maximum 20-year prison sentence on Wednesday by a French court for the rape and sexual assault of hundreds of patients, mostly children, over more than two decades.

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Joël Le Scouarnec was sentenced after admitting molesting nearly 300 victims in one of the country’s largest-ever child sex abuse cases, which has raised questions about how he was able to abuse so many, for so long. Judges followed the public prosecutor’s recommendations regarding the length of the sentence and the criminal court of Morbihan, in western France, ordered that Le Scouarnec should serve at least two-thirds of the punishment before he can be eligible for release, because he remains dangerous.

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French paedophile surgeon who abused hundreds sentenced to 20 years in jail

Joel Le Scouarnec, 74, has been dubbed France's most prolific paedophile. He is already in jail after being sentenced in December 2020 to 15 years for raping and sexually assaulting four children, including two of his nieces. Now, he faces an additional maximum sentence of 20 years.

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French court sentences pedophile surgeon to 20 years in jail for abusing hundreds of patients

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French court sentences pedophile surgeon to 20 years in jail for abusing hundreds of patients

Le Scouarnec, who has been jailed since 2017, is already serving a 15-year prison sentence, for a conviction in 2020 for the rape and sexual assault of four children, including two nieces. Judges followed the public prosecutor’s recommendations regarding the length of the sentence. The court did not impose a post-sentence preventive detention, prompting the anger of many victims.

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Could the French Pedophile Doctor Joël Le Scouarnec Have Been Stopped Earlier?

Joël Le Scouarnec was convicted of downloading child sexual abuse imagery in 2005. He continued to operate on children as a gastric surgeon. He was charged with the rape or sexual assault of 299 former patients, most of them children. Dr. François Simon was the head of an official board that oversaw doctors in Finistère, Brittany.

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French Justice sentences former surgeon to 20 years in prison for abusing 299 underage patients

In its closing arguments, the defense urged the court to consider “elements favorable to the defendant,” including his full confession, while the victims called for a “verdict to match.”

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French pedophile surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec sentenced to 20 years in prison

Joel Le Scouarnec, 74, was charged with 111 rapes and 189 sexual assaults from 1989 to 2014. The assaults allegedly occurred at a dozen hospitals. "Twenty years is little compared to the number of victims in this trial," said victim attorney Francesa Satta.

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