Overview

• Joel Le Scouarnec, 74, admitted to sexually assaulting or raping 299 patients in western France between 1989 and 2014, including 256 children under 15
• The trial addressed 111 counts of rape and 189 counts of sexual assault, marking one of France’s largest child sex abuse cases
• Prosecutors requested a 20-year prison sentence with mandatory post-release treatment plus supervision following his detailed confessions
• The case revealed decades of oversight failures after a 2005 child pornography conviction failed to trigger restrictions on his medical practice
• Presiding judge Aude Buresi will deliver the verdict at midday on Wednesday in Vannes, and prosecutors have launched investigations into additional potential victims