The doctor, whose name has not been released, has been in custody since November, after the mother of one child suspected an attack and notified the authorities.
The charges cover the period from 2013 to 2025, with most of the offenses allegedly committed during his time at Havelland Health Group clinics in Rathenow and Nauen, The Guardian reports.
– The defendant is charged with criminal offenses against sexual autonomy in a total of 130 cases, including serious sexual abuse of children and rape – announced the prosecution in Potsdam.
During the arrests, investigators seized digital storage devices believed to contain relevant footage. According to Bild, the mother’s report came after the child was allegedly attacked during treatment in the pediatric department of the hospital in Rathenow.
The Havelland Kliniken group admitted that the four-eye protocol, according to which two people must be present during a child’s examination, is not always respected.
Following the indictment, the group said it would fully support the prosecution and expressed its condolences to potentially affected patients and their families.
The case is reminiscent of France’s largest child sexual abuse trial, when former surgeon Joël Le Scouarnec was sentenced to 20 years in prison last year for abusing hundreds of patients, most of them under the age of 15.
(Vijesti.ba / Fena)
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