Overview

• Between 1989 and 2014, Le Scouarnec raped or sexually assaulted 299 child patients, most of whom were sedated or unconscious during the attacks.
• Despite a 2005 conviction for possessing child pornography, no action was taken to suspend his medical licence, allowing him to continue practising until his 2017 arrest.
• Investigators uncovered over 300,000 photographs, hundreds of illicit video files and notebooks in which he meticulously recorded victims’ names, ages and details of the abuse.
• Prosecutors sought a rare post-sentence preventive detention order; the court declined and ruled that his new 20-year term will run alongside his existing 15-year sentence.
• Health Minister Yannick Neuder and bereaved families are demanding legal and institutional reforms to strengthen child protection and oversight in France’s healthcare system.