Overview
- Germany’s higher administrative court in Bremen, which ruled Tuesday, reinstated the health senator’s 2025 order to suspend the doctor’s license, a measure that pauses a physician’s right to practice during an investigation, and said the decision cannot be appealed.
- The judges said letting him keep working would trigger a sharp loss of confidence in doctors and accepted the senator’s updated stance that suspected child‑ and youth‑pornography possession alone justified the pause.
- Prosecutors are examining claims he touched narcotized patients in spring 2025, including a reported seven‑year‑old girl, and say a home search uncovered images and videos of child sexual abuse on his devices.
- A lower court on March 6th had restored the suspensive effect of his complaint, citing staff statements that cast doubt on the alleged assaults, but the higher court overturned that without ruling on the assault claims.
- The criminal case continues without a conviction reported, and in a separate case near Potsdam a pediatrician stands indicted on 130 counts with more than 70 alleged victims as judges weigh a prompt trial start while he remains in custody.