'Violent, Aggressive' Lansdale Child Rapist Sent Away For Decades: Report

A convicted Lansdale child rapist has been sentenced to 20 to 44 years in prison for raping a girl between 2004 and 2012, according to The Reporter.

Timothy Patrick Dunigan, 22, had been convicted last February, the report states.

“This was an extremely violent, aggressive, heinous crime perpetrated against a child,” Assistant District Attorney Kristen Feden reportedly said. “Because of the duration of the assault and the violent nature of the assault, it has had a detrimental effect on (the victim) and her family,” said Feden. “But at the sentencing, she gathered enough courage to face her abuser and tell him exactly how she felt. She was a brave young woman.”

The assaults, which included threats of violence, occurred when the victim was between 7 and 15, and Dunigan was between 11 and 19, according to the report.

The girl told authorities about the assaults in 2012, the report states.