Cornelius Gallagher, a pulmonologist from Wall Township, faced charges stemming from a decade of abuse of a young relative, Monmouth County authorities said.

WALL — A Monmouth County doctor has been accused of sexually abusing a relative for more than a decade.

Cornelius Gallagher, 62, of Wall, was charged with two counts of first-degree aggravated sexual assault and second-degree sexual assault.

The sexual abuse happened for more than a decade nearly 20 years ago, investigators have said, at several locations in the township.