A former Longview doctor has pleaded guilty to a charge of aggravated sexual assault of a child.
Matt Elza Hipke, 62, entered his guilty plea Monday before 188th District Court Judge Scott Novy, according to court records. A sentencing hearing is planned later this month.
Hipke was indicted in 2022 on three counts of continuous sexual abuse of a child younger than 14, aggravated sexual assault of a child and indecency with a child sexual contact. Police said Hipke's former patients were his victims.
Hipke was originally arrested in August 2020. His practice, Adolescent Care Team, has since closed, and his medical license remains suspended by the Texas Medical Board.
Charges against him allege a pattern of sexual abuse in which police said he fondled the genitals of child patients on multiple occasions between 2018 and 2020.
