The largest child abuse trial in French history, involving surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec, is set to begin this month in Brittany. The trial, spurred by allegations of Le Scouarnec's abuse of hundreds of young patients over 25 years, reveals systemic failures in child protection. Despite having been flagged by the FBI for possessing child abuse imagery in 2004 and having a suspended sentence, he continued to work with children. The prosecution will present harrowing evidence, including notebooks documenting alleged crimes, and witness testimonies from many victims, highlighting severe lapses in safeguarding practices.
Numerous victims were in the hospital operating theatre, under anaesthetic, recovering after surgery, in a state of sedation or having been put to sleep, which meant those victims weren't able to realise what was done to them.
Le Scouarnec had accepted some of the charges against him. He explained his modus operandi, his determination to act this way and his strategies of dissimulation so he wouldn't risk being discovered.
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