Man charged for sexual assault of girl, 4, at Kingdom Hall in York County, police say

A Delaware man who police said sexually assaulted a girl at the Kingdom Hall in Windsor Township in 2005 has been arraigned on those charges.

John Logan Haugh, 25, who has no fixed address listed in court records but lives in Dagsboro, Delaware, was arrested Wednesday and charged with two first-degree misdemeanor counts of indecent assault of a person less than 13 years of age. He was released Wednesday night after posting 10 percent of his $20,000 bail set by District Judge John H. Fishel.

According to the affidavit of probable cause filed by York Area Regional Officer Scott E. Longnecker on Oct. 16, 2017, police learned about the sexual assault from a Childline referral. The report from Childline indicated the assault happened in 2005 at the Kingdom Hall at 395 Boxwood Road when the victim was 4 years old. The victim's family was part of the Jehovah's Witnesses faith.

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While at the Kingdom Hall before doing outreach efforts, the victim's mother left the victim with the congregation and went to use the bathroom, according to the affidavit. Police said in the affidavit that while the victim's mother was in the bathroom, Haugh "took her (the victim) to a secluded area where he assaulted her."

The victim's father began looking for the victim and found her and Haugh in a room together, with the victim on Haugh's lap and Haugh allegedly touching the girl's genital area under her clothing, police said in the affidavit.

The victim's family told the elders of the church, whom they thought were mandated reporters, about the abuse, police said in court documents. Police said in court records that Haugh "allegedly ... has assaulted other children."

The elders didn't report the incident, police said.

Officer Longnecker interviewed the victim on Aug. 8, 2017. During the interview, the victim told police that a couple weeks after the incident in which Haugh assaulted her, he "felt her breasts on top of her clothing as he walked past in the hallway at the Kingdom Hall."

Haugh remains free after posting bail pending a preliminary hearing before Judge Fishel. The hearing is scheduled for 2 p.m. June 20.

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