Ms Lemoine and some 50 other victims, stung by an apparent lack of public interest in the trial, have formed their own campaign group to pressure the French authorities, accusing the government of ...

Former French surgeon Joël Le Scouarnec sexually abused 299 children over the course of 25 years, most of whom were under the age of 15, in one of the largest cases of child sexual abuse France has ...

That is what prosecutor Stephane Kellenberger told Joel Le Scouarnec at the end of France’s largest-ever child abuse trial, a horrific case that rocked a country already reeling from other high ...

He has also admitted to child abuse dating ... Le Scouarnec's trial comes as activists are pushing to tackle taboos that have long surrounded sexual abuse in France. The most prominent case ...

Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Myriam Guedj-Benayoun (L) has spoken of a code of silence in France on child abuse (file pic) The depravity exposed during the trial has been astonishing ...

France’s largest ever child sexual abuse trial opened in Brittany on Monday, with 74-year-old former surgeon Joël Le Scouarnec charged with raping or abusing 299 victims. Le Scouarnec is ...

The verdict in France's largest child sexual abuse trial is set to be delivered on Wednesday, bringing an end to a landmark three-month trial. Joël Le Scouarnec, a 74-year old former surgeon, is ...