Vannes, France, May 20, 2025 (AFP) - French paedophile surgeon says 'responsible' for deaths of two victims

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2025-05-20

A former surgeon on trial in France who has admitted sexually abusing hundreds of patients, most under 15, said on Tuesday he considered himself "responsible" for the death of two of his victims. Joel Le Scouarnec, 74, has been on trial since February accused of 111 rapes and 189 sexual assaults at a dozen hospitals in western France, in one of the country's largest child sex abuse cases. The former surgeon told the court on Tuesday, in a voice s......

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