Paediatrician charged with 130 cases of child sex abuse in German hospital

The accused 46-year-old doctor worked at the Havelland Clinic in Brandenburg, Germany (Picture: Rudi Salomon/Wikipedia/CC BY 3.0)

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 at the Havelland Clinic when the alleged offences occured spanning more 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 came after the a...