Overview

• A court found Le Scouarnec guilty of 111 rapes and 188 sexual assaults committed between 1989 and 2014 and imposed the maximum 20-year term.
• Police uncovered diaries and computer files listing names, ages and addresses that enabled authorities to trace 299 victims with an average age of about 11 years.
• The 74-year-old was already serving a 15-year sentence from a 2020 conviction for abusing four minors, including two of his nieces.
• In court Le Scouarnec admitted his crimes, expressed remorse for the suffering he caused and acknowledged responsibility for two victims’ deaths by overdose and suicide.
• Prosecutors signaled that further legal action is likely to address additional, unidentified victims documented in his records.