Doctor is said to have abused 109 adolescents

Many of his patients were under 14 when he abused them. One of the victims reported the doctor from Austria.
A 57-year-old doctor has been charged in Austria with alleged abuse of 109 children and adolescents. As the public prosecutor's office in Wels announced on Monday, 40 of his patients were said to be less than 14 years old. In addition to the “sometimes serious sexual abuse”, the 57-year-old urologist is accused of inciting people to shoot porn videos of minors. He is said to have taken a pornographic photo of an eight-year-old. He is also said to have provided children and young people with cannabis. According to an expert report, at least three of his victims suffered “serious consequential damage”.

According to the public prosecutor, the physician was diagnosed with pedophilia "that has reached the degree of a serious mental disorder". The man faces up to 15 years in prison. "Because of the prognosis that the accused could again commit criminal acts with serious consequences, in addition to the conviction, he was requested to be placed in an institution," said the public prosecutor.

The man is said to have committed the first acts in 2000. Some incidents are said to have occurred outside of practice, Egypt being cited as the scene of the crime. The 57-year-old was arrested in January 2019. The doctor had been blown up by reporting a victim. The investigators then searched the patient register and found other victims