Victims in the French Le Scouarnec child abuse trial are shocked at public indifference.
24 May 2025
It was supposed to be a defining, catalytic moment for French society.
Instead, the trial of France's most prolific known paedophile, Joël Le Scouarnec - a retired surgeon who admitted in court to raping or sexually assaulting 299 people, almost all of them children - is coming to an end amid widespread frustration.
Instead, the trial of France's most prolific known paedophile, Joël Le Scouarnec - a retired surgeon who admitted in court to raping or sexually assaulting 299 people, almost all of them children - is coming to an end amid widespread frustration.