2 More Victims Say Bucks Man Sexually Assaulted Them As Children: DA

LOWER BUCKS COUNTY, PA —Two more victims have come forward, accusing a former employee at the after-school program Neshaminy Kids Club of sexually abusing them as children, authorities said.

Additional charges were filed against Gerald William Spoto, 41, of Bristol Township during his preliminary hearing on Wednesday, said Manuel Gamiz Jr., director of communications for the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office.

Gamiz said the charges include two counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, two counts of indecent assault of a child, and two counts of the corruption of minors.

In late December, Spoto was charged with eight counts of indecent assault of a person less than 13, four counts of corruption of minors, two counts each of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse of a person less than 13, and aggravated indecent assault of a person less than 16, and one count of indecent assault of a person less than 16.

Authorities said the assaults took place about two decades ago. At the time of the charges, authorities believed that more victims would come forward.

The investigation by detectives with the Middletown Township Police Department found that Spoto sexually assaulted the boys, who were between 7 and 13 years old at the time of the assaults, between 2000 and 2004.

The victims encountered Spoto through his job with an after-school program, Neshaminy Kids Club.

In some cases, the parents had hired Spoto to babysit their children.

The charges were filed after two Middletown Township detectives re-analyzed two inactive reports of sexual assault of juveniles filed in 2013 and 2017.

The reopening of those reports led to the discovery of additional victims.

One victim reported approximately 50 sexual encounters with Spoto between 2000 to 2003 when the victim was 9 to 11 years old.

Another victim described being sexually assaulted by Spoto approximately 100 times. In almost all the assaults, Spoto overpowered him or intimidated him into doing what he wanted.