A paediatrician is accused of sexually abusing and raping children while working at a German hospital.
The 46-year-old doctor, from Brandenburg, who has not been named, carried out the alleged offences while on duty at a children’s clinic in Rathenow, eastern Germany.
He was working on the Havelland Clinic when the alleged offences occured spanning greater than a decade.
The medic is accused of repeatedly abusing children between early December 2013 until his arrest in November 2025, the German tabloid Bild reports.
He has been charged with 130 counts of sexual offences, including rape.
His arrest got here after the alleged abuse of a toddler on the Rathenow clinic, while the kid was on the paediatric ward.
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The kid’s mum is alleged to have filed a criticism against the doctor.
Detectives carried out searches following the criticism.
They’re said to have seized several hard drives allegedly containing incriminating material, resulting in prosecutors probing whether there have been further victims.
The doctor was detained as a result of the danger of reoffending, in response to Bild.
Havelland Clinics said in January it would perform a review of their safeguarding measures.
It said the principle of getting two people present when a toddler is examined had allegedly been violated, resulting in an internal review.
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