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Ernesto Cesar Torres, 74, was convicted in March of sexual abuse of a minor and three counts of third-degree sex offense

The case began in 2019 after an 11-year-old reported he put his hand down her pants and touched her during a pediatric exam

Prosecutors say the abuse spanned four decades, with CBS reporting it began in 1980

A former Maryland pediatrician who claimed "demonic entities" were making his young patients lie about him has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for sexually abusing an 11-year-old girl.

Ernesto Cesar Torres, 74, was found guilty in March of sexual abuse of a minor and three counts of third-degree sex offense, CBS News reported. He was sentenced to 30 years on Monday, Dec. 8, and "received credit for the 2,087 days already served," according to

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