CHICORA — The results of a lie-detector test apparently will determine the fate of a Butler County day care center owner’s husband accused of molesting children.

Prosecutors and attorneys for 65-year-old Roger L. Young of Oakland Township worked out the unusual settlement Tuesday behind closed doors at the office of District Judge Lewis Stoughton in Chicora.

“If he passes the polygraph, the charges will be withdrawn,” said Russ Karl, a county assistant district attorney. “If he fails, he waives the charges to court.”

Young, who is free on $50,000 unsecured bail, is charged with two felony counts of corruption of minors and two misdemeanor counts of indecent assault.

State police in August arrested Young for allegedly inappropriately touching two girls, ages 3 and 4, at the Patti Cake Child Care Center in 2010.

Young’s wife, Patti, owns and operates the day care facility out of the couple’s home on Route 68.

Police filed the case after a 9-year-old girl in 2011 told a relative that Young had fondled her while she was seated on his lap in a rocking chair.

The county Children and Youth Services agency was notified of the allegations and launched an investigation.

Later, police obtained a search warrant to review video surveillance from the day care that allegedly showed Young assaulting the two girls identified as the victims in the criminal complaint.

Investigators said that in one instance, Young is seen touching a girl while she is lying down, and in another, he is seen lifting a girl’s shirt and touching her inappropriately.

Young is not charged in connection with the 9-year-old girl who made the initial allegations.

Karl acknowledged he suggested subjecting Young to the polygraph based in part because of the limited physical evidence in the case.

The option was raised during discussions between attorneys on both sides who had gathered Tuesday afternoon for Young’s preliminary hearing at Stoughton’s office.

His hearing had been rescheduled five times previously, dating as far back as Aug. 12.

Young, his wife and their two children remained in the courtroom throughout the protracted closed door legal maneuvering.

About 90 minutes later, lead defense attorney Michael Zunder emerged and met privately with his client and Young’s family before they all left out the back door of Stoughton’s office without comment.

Karl said he was pleased with the outcome and hoped the results of the lie detector test would shed new light on the case.

“I have confidence in the use of the polygraph,” he said.

While the results of polygraphs are not admissible in court, they are used by investigators to gather information.

Karl in a select few prior criminal cases has agreed to allow defendants to take polygraphs at the preliminary hearing stage.

The state police will do Young’s polygraph exam at the barracks in Butler Township. No date has been set but he must take it within 60 days, Karl said.

Meanwhile, the Patti Cake Child Care Center is still operating under the watchful eye of the state Department of Public Welfare, which regulates such facilities.

Because of the allegations, Young has been barred from the facility until the criminal case is closed. The department has been doing unannounced visits to confirm he has not been at the day care center, which has been licensed since 2009, authorities said.

Following Tuesday’s proceedings, Trooper Joshua Anderson, the lead investigator, explained the painstaking nature of the case was the reason it took more than two years to file charges after allegations surfaced.

During his investigation, he had to review hours and hours of video surveillance tape collected at the day care facility.

“I went over every day of video there for a year and a half,” Anderson said.