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February 10, 2020

On suspicion of sexually abusing 109 children, the prosecutor's office in Wels, Austria, has asked for a 57-year-old doctor to be brought to trial. Forty victims were under 14, so investigators - given the high risk of recidivism - asked to be admitted to a judicial psychiatric hospital.

According to an expert report, man suffers from a serious mental disorder. The doctor allegedly abused young patients throughout his activity from 2000 until January when the mother of a 15-year-old raised the case.

The doctor would take advantage of the kids, saying that sexual acts were part of the medical treatment. In some cases, he would supply young people with cannabis or take them to his holiday home on Lake Attersee in Upper Austria. In one case, he would have even brought a 12-year-old for 'treatment' to the Red Sea.