Former Maryland pediatrician indicted on 98 sex abuse charges found incompetent to stand trial
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A Maryland judge on Wednesday ruled a former pediatrician indicted for 98 alleged sex crimes incompetent to stand trial, according to reports.
Torres, 70, is charged with the alleged abuse of 19 minors between 2001 and 2019 and was previously convicted of sexually assaulting a lifelong patient and sentenced to a year in jail, FOX 5 reported. He also faces 61 charges of sex abuse in a separate case that goes back to the 1980s, according to the Frederick News-Post. Maryland Circuit Court Judge Julie Stevenson Solt ordered Torres to be held at a hospital until his next competency hearing in 90 days, according to the News-Post.More Related News