Accused Child Rapist Tells Bucks County Judge 'I'm Scared To Death'

An accused Bucks County child rapist appeared in court for the first time Tuesday, telling the judge he was "scared to death" and denied ever causing harm to children.

William Charles Thomas, 58, of Falls Township has been charged with five counts of rape involving children under the age of 13, five counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, three counts of aggravated indecent assault of a child and related charges.

The shocking charges were announced earlier this week and officials fear there are more victims.

According to a report by 6ABC, Thomas denied the allegations, telling Judge Jan Vislosky, "I'm scared to death, ma'am."

When the judge advised him to contact the public defender's office, Thomas reportedly said: "I need someone to believe I'm not the evil, disgusting person people make me out to be."

The preliminary hearing for Thomas has been rescheduled from Feb. 15 to March 15 at 9 a.m. at Judge Vislosky’s district court in Fallsington.

According to an affidavit of probable cause, the investigation into Thomas began in November after sexually explicit writings detailing sexual intercourse with a child were found on plywood. A subsequent investigation revealed numerous children were victimized by Thomas, who admitted to collecting girls' underwear from places where he did handyman repairs. He had as many as 1,000 pairs of used girls' underwear, as well as almost 100 dolls that he had turned into sex toys, the affidavit said.

The affidavit alleges he has been sexually abusing children since the 1970s. Authorities say Thomas was the handyman at Midway Village Trailer Park on Bristol Pike but has also lived at other locations in Levittown.

Witnesses who knew Thomas told police they observed photos of naked children in his home, as well as a photo of a topless juvenile as the wallpaper background on his phone, the affidavit said.

When police searched his home, they located "prominently displayed" photographs depicting naked prepubescent children; some of the photographs were marked with the names of his alleged victims, the affidavit said.

Police also found "incredibly vulgar and graphic" drawings and writings which chronicled molestation and rape of children. Some of the writings included the names of victims yet to be identified, the affidavit said. In his chronicles, Thomas wrote some of the children he victimized were asleep or so young they wouldn't be aware of the abuse, the affidavit said.

Authorities also found hundreds of toys in his home, with a note specifying children playing in the room must be naked.

Anyone who is a victim or has information regarding Thomas is asked to contact Falls Township Sgt. Christopher Clark at (215) 302-3315 or clarkpd@fallstwp.com or Bucks County Detective Lieutenant Robert Gorman at (215) 340-8141 or rmgorman@buckscounty.org.