HAYS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — A Kyle man was sentenced Tuesday to serve 40 years in prison after being found guilty by a jury related to child sexual abuse charges. According to the Hays County District Attorney’s Office, Manual Balderas, 49, was found guilty of multiple counts of continuous sexual abuse of a child younger than 14 years of age, sexual assault of a child, indecency with a child and sexual assault. According to Hays County jail records, Balderas faced 12 counts, with the charges dating from 2010 to 2019. The DA’s office said Balderas sexually abused three victims from middle school until they were adults, using both physical and sexual abuse as a form of punishment. According to the DA, the victims testified during the punishment phase as to how the abuse affected them. “We would like to thank the victims and their supporting family members for the bravery and strength that it took to come forward and face their abuser in court,” said Hays County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. David Marshall, who investigated the case. “The sentence in this case shows that child sexual abuse will not be tolerated in Hays County.”