{"id":28527,"date":"2025-05-28T14:25:30","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T14:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/french-surgeon-joel-le-scouarnec-given-maximum-prison-sentence-for-decadeslong-abuse-of-hundreds-of-children\/"},"modified":"2025-05-28T14:25:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T14:25:30","slug":"french-surgeon-joel-le-scouarnec-given-maximum-prison-sentence-for-decadeslong-abuse-of-hundreds-of-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/french-surgeon-joel-le-scouarnec-given-maximum-prison-sentence-for-decadeslong-abuse-of-hundreds-of-children\/","title":{"rendered":"French surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec given maximum prison sentence for decadeslong abuse of hundreds of children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>Vannes, France<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 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.\u00a0The three-month <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/france-mass-rape-case-doctor-joel-le-scouarnec-admits-assault-granddaughter\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">trial of Joel Le Scouarnec<\/a><\/span>, 74, has brought to light the extent of his crimes and the suffering of his victims but also raised questions of why more was not done sooner to stop him.<\/p>\n<p> Le Scouarnec, one of the most prolific convicted sex predators in France&#8217;s history, was already in prison after being sentenced in 2020 to 15 years for raping and sexually assaulting four children, including two of his nieces.<\/p>\n<p> The 20-year sentence for aggravated rape handed down by presiding judge Aude Buresi was the maximum that could be given on the charge of aggravated rape in France, where sentences are not added together on individual counts.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/28\/5dc665dc-ecf9-44ef-89ad-93fe90911c4a\/thumbnail\/620x428\/435ffa809e7462e8656d2e76378b3513\/scouarnec-2215938145.jpg?v=f5922acb8cfbf6d7fe1f82314e5e9885#\" alt=\"FRANCE-JUSTICE-TRIAL-ASSAULT-RAPE-CHILDREN-HOSPITALS \" height=\"428\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/28\/5dc665dc-ecf9-44ef-89ad-93fe90911c4a\/thumbnail\/620x428\/435ffa809e7462e8656d2e76378b3513\/scouarnec-2215938145.jpg?v=f5922acb8cfbf6d7fe1f82314e5e9885 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/28\/5dc665dc-ecf9-44ef-89ad-93fe90911c4a\/thumbnail\/1240x856\/fc8fec03f1844b9a0f95472d8658a6f2\/scouarnec-2215938145.jpg?v=f5922acb8cfbf6d7fe1f82314e5e9885 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">This court sketch created on May 23, 2025, shows the defendant, French retired surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec, listening during a hearing in his trial on charges of rape and sexual assault of 299 former patients, at the courthouse of Vannes, western France.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                BENOIT PEYRUCQ\/AFP\/Getty<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Le Scouarnec will not be able to ask for parole until two-thirds of the verdict is served.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;It was taken into account that the acts committed are of particular gravity due to the number of victims, their young age and the compulsive nature&#8221; of the crimes, said the verdict.<\/p>\n<p> But the court rejected a rare demand from prosecutors that he should be held in a center for treatment and supervision even after any release, citing his &#8220;desire to make amends&#8221; for what he had done.<\/p>\n<p> The prosecutor has said last week that in the United States \u2014 where the opposite is the case \u2014 Le Scouarnec could have been jailed for &#8220;2,000 years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> In this trial, which began in February in Vannes in the western region of Brittany, Le Scouarnec has admitted sexually assaulting or raping 299 patients \u2014 256 of them under 15 \u2014 in hospitals between 1989 and 2014, many while they were under anesthesia or waking up after operations.<\/p>\n<p> He was charged with 111 rapes and 189 sexual assaults.<\/p>\n<p>In March, during the trial, Le Scouarnec admitted without any solicitation that he had sexually abused his own granddaughter, too, though she was not among the alleged victims in the case.<\/p>\n<p>The former surgeon stood up and addressed the court just after his eldest son, whose name has not been used in the trial, gave evidence.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is possibly, almost certainly, the last time I will see my son, because I heard his anger and his distress,&#8221; Le Scouarnec told the court that day. &#8220;I respect that anger, it is well-founded. Yes, I admit to having abused my granddaughter, his daughter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He then turned to his son and said, &#8220;forgive me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Survivors of the surgeon&#8217;s abuse staged a protest outside the court in Vannes, holding signs such as &#8220;Never again&#8221; and &#8220;I accuse you.&#8221; \u00a0<\/p>\n<p> They also held signs representing 355 victims of Le Scouarnec.<\/p>\n<p> That number included &#8220;forgotten victims and those whose cases have been dismissed,&#8221; said Manon Lemoine, one of the victims.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;We want to be together,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p> Another victim, Celine Mahuteau, on Wednesday sent a letter to President Emmanuel Macron saying that France has not implemented a national policy &#8220;to prevent pedophilia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;I am not asking the court for leniency,&#8221; Le Scouarnec said in his closing statement on Monday.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Simply grant me the right to become a better person,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p> One of the lawyers, Maxime Tessier, had asked the court to take into account the &#8220;exceptional&#8221; nature of Le Scouarnec&#8217;s confession when he admitted all the charges against him.<\/p>\n<p> The retired surgeon also said he considered himself &#8220;responsible&#8221; for the death of two of his victims \u2014 Mathis Vinet, who died after an overdose in 2021 in what his family says was suicide, and another man who was found dead in 2020.<\/p>\n<p> Le Scouarnec documented his crimes, noting his victims&#8217; names, ages, addresses and the nature of the abuse.<\/p>\n<p> In his notes, the doctor described himself as a &#8220;major pervert&#8221; and a &#8220;pedophile.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;And I am very happy about it,&#8221; he recorded.<\/p>\n<p> Victims and child rights advocates say the case highlights systemic failures that allowed Le Scouarnec to repeatedly commit sexual crimes.<\/p>\n<p> In 2005, he received a four-month suspended prison sentence after investigators linked his credit card to the online purchase of child sexual abuse material. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p> But Le Scouarnec was neither required to undergo treatment nor barred from practicing medicine.<\/p>\n<p> While Le Scouarnec has asked his victims for forgiveness, many of them have questioned the sincerity of his apologies, which he repeated almost mechanically over the weeks of the trial.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;You are the worst mass pedophile who ever lived,&#8221; said one of the lawyers representing the victims, Thomas Delaby, describing Le Scouarnec as an &#8220;atomic bomb of pedophilia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> There has been frustration among some that the trial has not had the impact in France they hoped for.<\/p>\n<p> The case has not won the attention given to the case of <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/gisele-pelicot-france-husband-dozens-of-men-found-guilty-rape-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Dominique Pelicot<\/a><\/span>, who was jailed last year for recruiting dozens of strangers to rape his now ex-wife Gisele.<\/p>\n<p> But Health Minister Yannick Neuder said on Wednesday he would work with Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin to ensure that &#8220;never again will we find ourselves in a situation where patients and vulnerable children&#8221; are exposed to predators.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;What we want to say is never again,&#8221; he told broadcaster France Info. &#8220;How did we get into this situation?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n   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