France, Feb. 24 -- France's largest-ever child sexual abuse caseopens Monday in Brittany, with Joel Le Scouarnec accused of raping and sexually assaulting hundreds of young patients in various hospitals over decades. Echoing the recent Pellicot scandal, the trialraises questions about institutional failures in the French healthcare system.

The trial of Joel Le Scouarnec, who stands accused of an unprecedented scale of child sexual abuse, has sent shockwaves through France, raising questions about the public healthcare system's ability to protect its most vulnerable patients.

In 2017, police uncovered a cache of sex dolls, wigs, and child pornography at Le Scouarnec's home following his arrest for raping a six-year-old neighbour.

Invest...