A 66-year-old retired doctor was indicted for incestuous rape of one of his daughters-in-law, then a minor, and is suspected of having filmed his patients naked during examinations, announced the Angers public prosecutor's office on Friday, September 24.
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Working until 2017 in Vauchrétien, in Maine-et-Loire, the doctor is suspected of having raped and sexually assaulted one of his daughters-in-law from 2011 to 2019, according to Angers prosecutor Éric Bouillard.
He is also accused of having produced "
pornographic images of his two minor
stepdaughters," according to a press release.
"Naked patients"
It is the complaint of one of his daughters-in-law, now aged 19, which led the prosecution to open a preliminary investigation in 2020. During the investigation, the gendarmes discovered images of patients taken "
during the examinations he practiced
", according to the same source.
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"
This doctor had attitudes with his patients that went beyond medical procedures,
" the prosecutor told AFP.
“
There are sexual acts with naked patients.
We have images but we are unable to say if the patients are consenting,
”added Mr. Bouillard, specifying that the patients had not all been identified.
The images are dated from 2008 to 2020. Placed under judicial supervision Thursday with registration in the file of perpetrators of sexual offenses, the suspect "
incurs, if his responsibility were to be established definitively, a sentence of criminal imprisonment of 20 years
", according to the floor.
