A Harmony man was convicted Friday of sexually assaulting a juvenile girl more than 20 years ago.

The Butler County Court of Common Pleas jury found Shaun Sheffer, 46, guilty of felony charges of rape, rape of a mentally disabled person and rape of a person younger than 13 years old, and misdemeanor charges of indecent assault of a person younger than 13, indecent assault of a person with a mental disability, indecent assault and corruption of minors.

The woman, who is now 36, testified on the first day of the trial Monday, saying Sheffer raped her 30 to 50 times. She said she is autistic. Sheffer did not testify.

The state attorney general’s office charged Sheffer and 13 members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses across the state in 2023 with sexually assaulting minors.

Judge Joseph Kubit revoked Sheffer’s $300,000 bond and committed him to county prison pending his sentencing, which has not yet been scheduled.

Sheffer’s family and friends declined to comment.

His younger brother, Brandon Sheffer, of Seattle Wash., who was a key prosecution witness, said he was disappointed the defense tried to implicate him.

The woman did not speak before leaving the courtroom.

The sexual assaults took place between 1995 and 2000 when the girl was 7 to 12 years old at Sheffer’s home in Callery, according to testimony.

The woman told the jury that Shaun Sheffer raped her and sexually assaulted her in different rooms of the house. She said he held her down and put his hand over her mouth.

“He abused me by raping me,” she said.

Brandon Sheffer testified the girl came to him for help when he was 12. He said he told another one of his brothers, who told their mother. He said his mother asked him about the allegation, and he told her what the girl told him.

He said Shaun Sheffer bulled him and he was terrified of him while growing up, and he didn’t confront him about the then-juvenile girl’s allegations.

During closing arguments Thursday, defense attorney Benjamin Steinberg said Brandon Sheffer “pushed the narrative” that Shaun Sheffer assaulted the girl.

According to testimony, Brandon Sheffer and his wife called an attorney general’s office tip line after the office issued a news release in February 2023 about sexual assault charges being filed against Jehovah’s Witnesses members across the state.

Brandon Sheffer told their mother, other brothers and the church about the allegations, reported the allegations to the attorney general’s office and participated by phone when agents interviewed the now grown woman, Steinberg said.

He said Shaun Sheffer did not have the opportunity to commit multiple assaults because he worked 8 to 10 hours a day during the time period in question, but Brandon Sheffer was at the house.

Deputy Attorney General Alicia Werner called that contention “garbage” in her closing argument. She said Shaun Sheffer lived there and had the opportunity.

Several defense witnesses including defendant’s father, another brother, relatives and family friends testified they heard about the allegations, but didn’t ask the woman about it, Werner said.

Some of those witnesses said the woman is easily manipulated, manipulative and tends to not tell the truth.

“The family is divided over this secret,” Werner said. “This is (the victim’s) chance to be heard. No one asked her. No one cared enough to ask. They either knew or didn’t want to know.”