Campaigners for a public inquiry into the abuse carried out by former surgeon Michael Shine have welcomed a government decision to establish a scoping exercise.

The Government is set to establish a scoping enquiry into the alleged paedophile activities of disgraced former surgeon Michael Shine, in what victims and campaigners hope will be the beginning of a full statutory investigation.

French Doctor, Philippe Moulin, accused of sexually abusing 13 adolescents who have autism and disabilities, went on trial Monday in Montpellier.

More accounts of troubling encounters with a Vero Beach area doctor were reported following the announcement of his arrest after years of complaints of unwanted touching and sexual advances toward patients and employees, law enforcement officials say.

A physician found guilty of sexually abusing his stepdaughter and recording child sex abuse videos has been permanently struck off the medical register.

Several local law firms are working together in a suit against the State of Washington, alleging it allowed decades of sexual abuse and negligence to occur to hundreds of students at two juvenile detention schools.

A doctor who had been able to practice medicine in Ireland despite being under sanction in the UK for 18 months has now been suspended by Irish authorities.

A doctor accused of pouring beer down a younger colleague's cleavage before licking it off and touching her breasts has been suspended for a year.

Krishna Singh, 76, subjected his victims to numerous sexual offences between 1984 and 2017. He denied any wrongdoing and went on trial at Dumfries Sheriff Court but was convicted by a jury.

A 57-year-old internist from Dordrecht, formerly employed at Maasstad Ziekenhuis in Rotterdam, was sentenced Thursday for sexual misconduct involving three medical students and a patient.

A 74-year-old man in Belgium has been jailed for five years for raping a young boy with Down's syndrome.

A doctor accused of sexual misconduct was previously struck off for lying about his qualifications. Dr Velmurugan Kuppuswamy was allowed to practice again despite objections from the General Medical Council (GMC) – and within months of returning to the NHS he allegedly groped and made disturbing sexual comments to junior colleagues.

A doctor who was censured by the Medical Council and who fell off the medical register for several years faces fresh allegations that he failed to inform a new employer of conditions attached to his registration.

A prominent surgeon and professor allegedly raped a woman at gunpoint at his Manhattan apartment after the victim had come to him for career advice, according to prosecutors. Dr. Maurizio Miglietta; currently a professor of surgery at Touro College — was accused of first-degree rape and attempted rape. He was arraigned in state supreme court Tuesday afternoon.

The Oakland County doctor accused of sexually abusing and videotaping numerous patients without their consent over several years pleaded no contest to his charges. Dr. Oumair Aejaz is accused of sexual abuse and hiding cameras in the changing rooms of his patients. Victims were allegedly videotaped at several hospitals.

The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) stands accused of failing victims and compounding their trauma. The criticism is based on the outcomes of 46 cases with offences including harassment, rape, and assaults of patients, colleagues and children.

Lebanon doctor Samuel Rashid was found guilty of sexual assault of pediatric patients between 1999 and 2001.

A heart surgeon who sexually assaulted five female staff members working on his department has been described as "arrogant and crude".

Police arrested the doctor, identified as for allegedly raping the 24-year-old woman in ICU.

At least 14 women have come forward to accuse a former Brisbane doctor of inappropriate touching or carrying out unnecessary pap smears and breast checks, with the health regulator alleging his actions in several cases were "sexually motivated".