French surgeon sentenced to 20 years in prison for raping and abusing hundreds of patients

Joël Le Scouarnec, a 74-year-old former surgeon, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after admitting to the rape and sexual assault of nearly 300 patients, most of them children. The case, one of the largest child sex abuse scandals in France’s history, has raised serious questions about systemic failures in protecting vulnerable patients.

French surgeon sentenced to 20 years in prison for raping and abusing hundreds of patients