No Contest Plea On Assault Charges From Newtown Square Chiropractor

NEWTOWN SQUARE, PA — A former Newtown Square-based chiropractor pleaded no contest in court to numerous charges of assault after authorities said he inappropriately touched female patients.

Ardel Cirio, 63, of Springfield, Wednesday pleaded no contest to aggravated indecent assault without consent of others, as well as no contest to five counts of indecent assault without consent of others, court records show.

The Delaware County Daily Times reports he was sentenced to 10 to 23 months in jail and ordered to a lifetime of sexual offender status.

Cirio was initially charged after a woman told police he groped her breasts during an appointment with Cirio at his Newtown Square chiropractic practice.

About a week later, a second patient told police Cirio groped her breasts while she was being treated by him.

Then, three more women accused him of groping them, with one woman alleging he put his fingers in her vagina.

Shortly after those three victims came forward, a sixth female patient accused Ardel of massaging and touching her breast.

The first charges against Cirio came when a woman reported a sexual assault to the Newtown Police Department after leaving his practice at 17 Bishop Hollow Road, Suite A, in Newtown Township, on March 8, 2021.