Joël Le Scouarnec, a former French surgeon, has admitted to some of the many rapes he is accused of during his trial for sexually abusing nearly 300 patients, mostly children. Le Scouarnec, 74, is on trial in Vannes, France, for assaults that occurred between 1989 and 2014, often while patients were under anaesthesia. He recorded his abuses in diaries. The trial highlights the challenges in France’s judicial system, where only 4% of sexual abuse victims file reports and 1% of cases reach trial, indicating significant impunity. Some victims were unable to join the case due to the statute of limitations. The trial, while not offering healing, provides a judicial response to the widespread issue of child abuse.