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French Court To Rule On Surgeon Who Abused Children For Decades

French surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec documented his crimes, noting his victims' names, ages, addresses and the nature of the abuse (Credit: AFP)

A French court is to give its verdict Wednesday in the trial of a surgeon who admitted to sexually abusing hundreds of patients over more than two decades, in one of the country's largest child sex abuse cases.

Joel Le Scouarnec, 74, is already in prison after being sentenced in 2020 to 15 years for raping and sexually assaulting four children, including two of his nieces.

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