Pennsylvania AG Charges Butler County Man in Statewide Sex Abuse Probe

A Butler County man, Shaun Sheffer, has been charged with sexually assaulting a young family member over a five-year period, becoming the third man from Butler County to be charged in an ongoing statewide grand jury investigation into child sexual abuse within the Jehovah's Witnesses religious organization. The victim, now 35 years old, testified that Sheffer raped her 50 to 75 times until she was 12 years old. Authorities were able to identify the victim through records from the Zelionople Jehovah's Witnesses congregation, which had documented its own investigation into Sheffer's conduct. Sheffer is currently free on bond and will face a preliminary hearing on July 18. Pennsylvania's attorney general emphasized the importance of seeking justice for victims and vowed to continue investigating and prosecuting those who harm the most vulnerable in society.