The Latest Breaking News from Le Scouarnec

France makes international appeal over ex-teacher accused of raping 89 children

Police search for more possible victims of Jacques Leveugle, whose alleged crimes span many countries and date back to 1960s

The Guardian - UK · Feb 11

‘They’re dead, I’m responsible’: French ex-surgeon sexually assaulted 299 victims, including children and his granddaughter

Twenty years in prison for a lifetime of horror.

We Got This Covered · May 28, 2025

‘The devil dressed in a white coat’: Inside France’s largest-ever child abuse trial after ex-surgeon victimised 299 patients

Tara Cobham and Rachel Clun report on the case of Joel Le Scouarnec, believed to be France's worst-ever paedophile. He abused victims over 25 years with an average age of just 11

The Independent UK · May 28, 2025

French Surgeon Handed Maximum Term For Abusing Children For Decades

A French court on Wednesday gave the maximum 20-year jail term to a surgeon who admitted sexually abusing hundreds of patients, most of them children, during more than two decades.

International Business Times · May 28, 2025

Ex-surgeon jailed over sex attacks on 299 victims in France’s largest child abuse trial

Joel Le Scouarnec was standing trial over three decades of violence against child patients, some of whom were unconscious at the time

The Independent UK · May 28, 2025

French Court To Rule On Surgeon Who Abused Children For Decades

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.

International Business Times · May 28, 2025

French surgeon who abused children for decades sentenced to 20 years in prison

Biggest child abuse trial in French history reveals decades of failures in medical oversight

The Guardian - UK · May 28, 2025

French court to deliver verdict in landmark child sex abuse case involving 299 victims

A verdict is expected in one of France's largest-ever child sex abuse cases

The Independent UK · May 28, 2025

French court sentences ex-surgeon to 20 years in prison in country's largest sex abuse trial

Joel Le Scouarnec received the maximum sentence for multiple rapes and sexual assaults on minors.

Euronews · May 27, 2025

French Surgeon Says Deserves No 'Leniency' After Decades Of Abusing Patients

A French surgeon who sexually abused hundreds of patients over two decades, most of them minors, said Monday he was asking for no "leniency" as his three-month trial nears a verdict.

International Business Times · May 26, 2025