A VILE surgeon accused of sexually abusing 299 patients kept a sickening diary of his alleged crimes writing that he was a paedophile and “proud of it”.
Depraved Joel Le Scouarnec, 73, is set to start his trial next week in France’s biggest-ever child abuse case, with his youngest alleged victim having been just one year old.
France 3 BretagneFormer surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec has been accused of sexually abusing 299 people[/caption]
256 of the alleged victims were children
AFPHis trial is set to start on 24 February[/caption]
The disgraced doctor has been accused of abusing 299 victims between 1989 and 2004, mostly in hospitals around Brittany, France.
256 of those alleged victims were under the age of 15, with the youngest aged one and the oldest aged 70.
Le Scouarnec will face more than 100 rape charges and over 150 sexual assault charges at trial, with the average age of his alleged victims being just 11 years old.
Officials claimed he would carry out some of the attacks when his patients were under anaesthetic and being operated on.
The former surgeon is already serving 15 years behind bars after he was found guilty in 2020 of raping and sexually assaulting four young girls.
Two of these victims were his nieces, one was his neighbour, and the fourth was a former patient of his.
Horrifying evidence discovered in the previous investigation into the paedophile helped lead to his new bombshell four-month trial, which is due to start on 24 February.
He stopped working at the hospital and was arrested in 2017 when his six-year-old neighbour reported being raped.
After his 2017 arrest, investigators made shocking discoveries at his home, including the repulsive diary where he detailed sexual acts with children.
The monster doctor described himself as an “exhibitionist, voyeur, sadist, masochist, scatologist, fetishist, pedophile”.
Every year on his birthday Le Scouarnec would record his age and write a vile message to himself.
He wrote: “I am a paedophile and I am proud of it.”
His diaries reportedly described the apparent crimes in great detail and without an ounce of regret or empathy.
He also included the children’s names, the date he allegedly abused them, and where it happened.
Le Scouarnec denied these words were a reality and claimed they were just his sick “fantasies”.
Cops also discovered horrifying child-sized sex dolls, some of them chained up, and over 300,000 child abuse images were discovered.
MISSED CHANCE
Worrying questions have been raised after it was revealed a litany of chances to stop the monster were missed.
An FBI warning had alerted the French authorities that the former surgeon had been visiting child abuse websites.
He is already serving a 15-year prison sentence for sexually assaulting four childrencharentelibre.fr
He allegedly carried out some attacks when his patients were under anaesthetic and being operated on
ReutersJoel Le Scouarnec during his trial at the courthouse in Saintes, France, on 3 March 2020[/caption]
The disgraced surgeon had been convicted of downloading pornographic images of children in 2005.
A psychiatrist at the hospital Le Scouarnec was also working raised the alarm and said this conviction should lead to him being kicked out of his job.
It was revealed the French health ministry was made aware of this conviction in 2006 but decided to take no further action.
In June 2008, Le Scouarnec moved to a new hospital in Jonzac, in south-west France, and told the director he was being investigated.
This was disregarded and the monster worked there until he retired in 2017.
Investigators found diaries in his home that detailed his alleged crimes
ReutersHis trial will take place at a courthouse in Vannes, France[/caption]
The child sex cases that have rocked France
FRANCE has been shaken by several shocking child abuse and rape cases.
Joel Le Scouarnec, 73, will face the courts again in a new court case accusing the former surgeon of abusing nearly 300 children.
He was previously sentenced to 15 years behind bars for sexually assaulting four children.
The surgeon has been accused of assaulting kids between 1989 and 2014.
Authorities believe he could have also done this to children as he operated on them under anaesthetic.
The Outreau case from the early 2000s also shocked France.
An extensive paedophile network was revealed after a criminal case in northern France.
A couple confessed to abusing children between 1997 to 2000 but after they pointed fingers at friends and neighbours, the huge web was unraveled.
Among the 18 suspects were a priest who lived in their apartment building, a court bailiff from a neighbouring town, his wife, a taxi driver, a labourer, and his son.