General view inside the court before the opening of the trial of French surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec, suspected of rapes and sexual assault against hundreds of children during three decades, at the courthouse in Saintes, France, March 13, 2020. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe
SAINTES, France (Reuters) - A retired surgeon suspected of raping or sexually abusing as many as 349 children over nearly three decades went on trial behind closed doors in France on Friday in what could be the country's biggest-ever paedophilia scandal.
The trial in the western town of Saintes is the first of hundreds of legal complaints against defendant Joel Le Scouarnec to come to court. It is due to run until March 17.
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