"The unidentified suspect who worked in clinics in Brandenburg state near Berlin allegedly committed the crimes over 12 years, they said in a statement released Wednesday, without specifying how many children were abused. "The accused is charged with 130 counts of sexual offences" while employed by the healthcare provider Havelland Kliniken, said the Potsdam public prosecutor's office. "These include, among other things, allegations of aggravated sexual abuse of children and rape.""
"The offences are alleged to have occurred between December 1st, 2013 and November 5th of last year. The prosecutors said "the accused is alleged to have committed a large number of the offences while performing his professional duties" at clinics in Rathenow and Nauen, two towns in Brandenburg. They said the charges made public on Wednesday had been laid on May 6th."
"The accused remains in pretrial detention, said the prosecutors, with the case handed over to the regional court in the Brandenburg state capital Potsdam. Bild daily said the paediatrician, now aged 46, had been arrested in November 2025 after the mother of a female patient in the Rathenow hospital alerted police. Investigators had then also seized numerous data storage devices."
A paediatrician in Germany has been charged with 130 counts of sexual offences involving children. Prosecutors allege the crimes occurred over a period of about 12 years, from December 1, 2013 to November 5 of the previous year. The accused is alleged to have committed aggravated sexual abuse of children and rape while performing professional duties at clinics in Rathenow and Nauen in Brandenburg. The charges were made public on Wednesday and were laid on May 6. The accused remains in pretrial detention, and the case has been handed over to the regional court in Potsdam. Investigators arrested him in November 2025 after a patient’s mother reported concerns and seized data storage devices.
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