BERLIN: A paediatrician in eastern Germany went on trial on Monday accused of sexually abusing more than 70 children over more than a decade, crimes the physician largely admitted committing.
The 46-year-old doctor is charged with more than 130 criminal offences linked to the abuse of children while he was working at clinics in the eastern German towns of Nauen and Rathenow between 2013 and 2025.
After the charges were read in court on Monday, the defendant spoke briefly to acknowledge most of the alleged acts, reaffirm his previous confessions, and express a profound sense of guilt.
In most of the documented cases, he would enter the rooms of his victims — the majority of whom were male — and instruct them to undress so that he could take photographs and, at times, videos.
Published in Dawn, November 3rd, 2026
