Harmony man had ‘familiar relationship’ with victim, AG says
A Butler County man of the Jehovah’s Witnesses faith had a “familiar relationship” with a minor he is accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting beginning when she was 7 years old, according to Michelle Henry, Pennsylvania Attorney General.
At a news conference held by the Attorney General’s office in Philadelphia on Friday, July 7, Henry announced that five more men of the faith have charged with assaulting minor victims.
One of those men, Shaun Sheffer, 45, of Harmony, is accused of abusing a family member from when she was 7 years old and until she was 12 years old. She is now 35 years old.
Investigators determined that Sheffer was part of the Jehovah’s Witnesses congregation in Zelienople.
He was charged Wednesday with three counts each of rape, indecent deviate sexual intercourse, aggravated indecent assault and indecent assault and one count of corruption of minors.
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