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Police: Amish bishop failed to report 2 child sex abuse cases in Dauphin County

By Meagen Finnerty
Lancaster Online
May 13, 2017

http://lancasteronline.com/news/pennsylvania/police-amish-bishop-failed-to-report-child-sex-abuse-cases/article_718ed93c-37e7-11e7-89bf-3b9b0ffa8a79.html


An Amish bishop in Dauphin County is facing charges after being accused of failing to report two cases of alleged sexual abuse of children.

Christ M. Stoltfus, 69, is charged with two misdemeanor counts of failure to report, according to court documents.

Clergymen are legally required to report suspected child abuse.

A church member told Stoltfus, of Elizabethville, about two cases both involving Daniel Ray Fisher, 44, that occurred in 2011. Stoltfus reportedly told state police that he'd been told the abuse "wasn't really that bad."

Fisher allegedly touched two girls, ages 5 and 10, inappropriately, according to Fox43. He faces five felony and two misdemeanor charges including aggravated indecent assault of a child and unlawful contact with a minor - sexual offenses.

 




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