The more-than-160-page indictment lists 103 child victims – including one boy – and 471 total counts, as well as a pattern of continuous abuse over 11 years. Most charges are for first-degree rape, second-degree rape, unlawful sexual contact and sexual exploitation of a child.

Bradley faces mandatory life imprisonment if convicted on the rape charges.

Other charges include four counts of reckless endangerment, four counts of second-degree assault and nine counts of continuous sexual abuse.

Continuous sexual abuse occurs when a person sexually abuses a child on three or more occasions over three or more months. Kerry Angell, spokeswoman for the Department of Justice, said according to state statute, just one count of continuous sexual abuse can garner two to 25 years in prison, with the first two years mandatory.

The charges were based on 13 hours of video files, computer hard drives and digital media files seized from Bradley’s home and BayBees Pediatrics office on Route 1 in Lewes.

The earliest case of abuse listed in the indictment is alleged to have taken place on or around Dec. 10, 1998, with the most recent case Dec. 13, 2009. Bradley was arrested Dec. 16, 2009.

Forty-four counts alone are listed for a single Jane Doe, who was raped several times over a period of more than 13 months. The indictment alleges, on June 7, 2008, Bradley forced this victim to perform oral sex, to the point she could not breathe and she appeared, on the videotape, to lose consciousness or stop breathing.

Another child, who the indictment says had not yet reached her 6th birthday, was part of a video, edited into at least two clips by Bradley, that showed the doctor performing and forcing the child to have oral sex.

Attorney General Joseph “Beau” Biden III said at a press conference Monday, Feb. 22, that he expects to add more charges to the indictment over the coming months.

“I’m committed to prosecuting this case to the fullest extent of the law. I remain committed to doing so,” he said.

The Delaware State Police opened an investigation of Bradley in December 2008 in response to allegations of abuse by Bradley. The police attempted to get a search warrant at that time but were denied.

Police continued the investigation for the remainder of the year before Bradley was finally arrested.

The timeline of the alleged abuses shows 48 victims were abused during 2009 alone.

Calls to Bradley’s attorney, Gene Maurer, were not returned.

Biden said the indictment opens the next phase of the prosecution of the case: an arraignment.

Angell said arraignments generally occur within four to six weeks after indictment. The court will determine the date.

While Biden did not say whether the Bradley case was the largest case of child abuse in U.S. history, he did say he knew of no other case that had this many victims.

“It is difficult to talk about sexual abuse, and it’s even more difficult to acknowledge that sexual abuse of young children takes place in our state, let alone Lewes, one of the most beautiful places our state has to offer,” Biden said.

“The charges in this indictment are unique in the state of Delaware. These were crimes committed against the most vulnerable among us.”