PARIS — Amélie Lévêque remembers the moment when she finally understood the unexplained bouts of depression and other disorders that had tormented her for more than two decades.

Now 42, she connected the dots in 2019 when she saw a report about a surgeon under investigation on suspicion of sexually assaulting patients over three decades and meticulously cataloging the abuse in digital diaries.

Lévêque was 9 years old when her appendix was removed by the surgeon.