GERMAN PAEDIATRICIAN CHARGED WITH DOZENS OF SEX OFFENCES

Fri 15 May 2026:

Prosecutors in Germany announced Wednesday that a pediatrician has been charged with 130 cases of rape and other forms of sexual abuse involving children.

The unidentified suspect who worked in clinics in Brandenburg state near Berlin allegedly committed the crimes over 12 years, they said in a statement, without specifying how many children were abused.

The paediatrician has been in pre-trial detention since November. The extent of the offences was previously unknown. Prosecutors cited a risk of reoffending as a reason for the man’s pre-trial detainment.

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In January, it became known that the doctor was alleged to have sexually abused a child while on duty at the hospital in Rathenow, west of Berlin. Following a complaint by the child’s mother, the police carried out searches, with investigators seizing numerous data storage devices.

The Potsdam public prosecutor’s office then investigated whether there were further victims.

The 130 offences charged are alleged to have taken place between early December 2013 and November 2025, according to the prosecutor’s office. “The accused is alleged to have committed the majority of the offences in the course of his professional duties,” the office said.

The alleged offences recall the case in France of a convicted paedophile who practised as a surgeon for years while repeatedly abusing children in his care.

A French court in May 2025 sentenced retired doctor Joel Le Scouarnec to 20 years in prison after he confessed to sexually abusing or raping 298 patients between 1989 and 2014.

Of those, more than 250 victims were under 15.

-Independent Press With DPA

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