This courtroom sketch by Valentin Pasquier shows Joel Le Scouarnec, now 74, sitting in courtroom and accused of raping or ...

This photograph shows a view of the courthouse on the opening day Monday of the trial of retired surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec on ...

A former surgeon is accused of raping or sexually assaulting 299 people, mostly children, over 25 years. It is considered to ...

This courtroom sketch shows Joel Le Scouarnec sitting in courtroom and accused of raping or abusing 299 people, mostly child ...

A retired surgeon accused of raping and sexually assaulting hundreds of young patients, some while they were under anesthetic ...

The surgeon practiced for decades until his retirement despite a 2005 sentence for owning sexually abusive images of children ...

Investigators and his own notebooks described his alleged actions as a pattern of violence spanning over three decades.

Joel Le Scouarnec, 74, faces charges of aggravated rape and sexual assault against 299 victims, most of them children at the time, in a case that raises tough questions for France’s publicly run ...

A former French surgeon went on trial Monday charged with raping or sexually assaulting almost 300 patients, most of them ...

A former surgeon went on trial in France on Monday for the alleged rape or sexual abuse of 299 victims, most of them children ...