Ex-Neshaminy Kids Club Employee Admits To Abusing 7 Children

LOWER BUCKS COUNTY, PA —A former Neshaminy Kids Club employee has entered guilty pleas for sexually abusing seven victims while he worked as an employee at the Neshaminy Kids Club after-school program.

Gerald William Spoto, 42, of Bristol Township, entered the pleas to multiple felony charges in a court appearance Monday before Bucks County Common Pleas Court Judge Jeffrey Finley, court records said.

His sentence was deferred for 90 days so Spoto could undergo a psychological evaluation to determine if he is a sexually violent predator, which requires a lifetime registration as a sex offender.

Spoto was originally charged in December 2023, following an investigation by detectives with the Middletown Township Police Department.

That investigation found that he sexually assaulted four boys almost two decades ago while he worked as an employee at the Neshaminy Kids Club after-school program. Three other victims came forward after the initial charges.

During the initial investigation, detectives served a search warrant at Spoto’s home and recovered a laptop and two desktop computers, which were sent to the FBI Philadelphia’s Regional Computer Forensic Laboratory for analysis. Middletown Township Detectives also recovered Spoto’s cellphone and found several photos of a 13-year-old boy. Detectives identified the boy and spoke to his parents.

The parents said he spent a significant amount of time with Spoto at his home on Disk Lane and about a year earlier, he started exhibiting signs of depression. They said Spoto also purchased gifts for their son, which detectives saw as classic grooming behavior.

Spoto was charged with three felony counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, two counts each of indecent assault of a person less than 13 and indecent assault of a person less than 16, and one count each of corruption of minors and unlawful contact with a minor, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office said.

Additionally, he was charged with 274 counts of photographing or filming a child sex act and 275 counts of possession of child pornography, all felonies.