Overview
- Prosecutors in Duisburg filed charges at the end of February against the former department head, alleging sexual abuse of juvenile patients.
- Investigators say he exploited the dependency created during long-term talk therapy with at least four girls under his care.
- In one case prosecutors accuse him of rape for acting against a patient’s clearly expressed will.
- Police report finding a juvenile pornographic recording of one of the patients on the suspect’s private mobile phone.
- The accused has been held in pre-trial detention since October 22, and the Landgericht Duisburg will rule on whether the case proceeds to trial.