The trial comes as French activists are pushing to lift taboos that surround sexual abuse. The most prominent case was that of Gisèle Pélicot, who was raped by her now ex-husband and dozens of others.

Joël Le Scouarnec, a once highly respected surgeon, is now standing trial after being charged with raping and sexual abusing 299 people, many of whom were children.

Joël Le Scouarnec is charged with raping or sexually assaulting 299 people, mostly his young patients. His family’s testimony ...

The ex-wife of a former surgeon at the center of France’s largest ever child sexual abuse case told a court Wednesday ...

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

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

A former surgeon accused of abusing 299 young patients has accepted responsibility for the "vast majority" of the charges he ...

Maxime Tessier, one of the lawyers of French surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec accused of raping or abusing 299 people, mostly child ...