Overview

• Joël Le Scouarnec, a former surgeon, is accused of sexually abusing 299 patients, most of them children, during his medical career in western France.
• The ongoing trial in Rennes follows his 2020 conviction for abusing four girls, for which he received a 15-year prison sentence.
• Investigators discovered diaries meticulously documenting hundreds of abuse cases, with some victims still unidentified and uncontacted.
• French authorities have launched new investigations to find additional victims, and a foundation has called for the release of his full patient list to aid the process.
• If convicted in this trial, Le Scouarnec could face up to 20 years in prison for his crimes.