Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (WHTM) – Four Pennsylvania men are charged with child sexual abuse, according to the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office.
The Attorney General’s Office states that each of the victims of the accused were minors and members of Jehovah’s Witness circles.
Charges have been made against Jesse Hill
Former Berks County and now resident of the State of Georgia, Jose Serrano of Lancaster County, Eric Alim More of Butler County Robert Ostrander Former County of Cambria and now resident of New York City, for child sexual abuse and exploitation.
The Attorney General’s Office said that when agents from the Attorney General’s Office and Butler County Police attempted to detain Elim, he retreated to his bathroom and committed suicide behind closed doors.
“These cases are troubling, the allegations are difficult to understand and they all share a common bond. The 19 victims and four men accused of sexual assault are all members of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Attorney General Josh Shapiro said these children deserved to be protected and to grow up in peace, not to be victims. “My office will not stop until these defendants are held accountable for their crimes against innocent children and until justice is done for these brave survivors.”
The charges come from the 49th Investigative Grand Jury and are indicted by the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office. The investigation revealed that these men had sexually abused and exploited 19 minors with whom they had close contact, sometimes even their own children.
Defendants are prosecuted by the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office for the following crimes,
- Jose Serrano, 69, from Lancaster County, is accused of sexually assaulting six girls, including his daughter, in 2011. The AG’s office claims that Serrano confessed many of these crimes before a grand jury and was found guilty of life imprisonment. . Fight against distracting impulses. They were accused of aggravated lewd assault, lewd assault and danger to the well-being of children.
- Jesse Hill, 52, a former Berks County, now Georgia, allegedly used his grinding business to attract young boys from his congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses, which included alcohol, marijuana, and pornography. The wealth of him included with the promise of literature. In the 1990s, Parties AG’s office said Hill would later expose himself to children, groping them and forcing them to have oral sex. The investigation revealed at least 10 victims of Mr. Hill’s abuse. Hill was charged with rape, involuntary deviant sex, indecent assault and bribery of minors.
- Robert Ostrander, 56, a former Cambria County, now New York State, is accused of sexually abusing at least two minors. They were accused of indecent assault, endangering the well-being of children and corruption of minors.
- Eric Allim, 61, of Butler County, was accused of sexually assaulting a girl and using sexual violence as a form of discipline. She was accused of rape, involuntary deviant sex, aggravated indecent assault and danger to a child’s well-being.
All of these allegations were filed in Lancaster, Burkes and Cambria counties respectively. Led by Attorney General Josh Shapiro, the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office arrested more than 500 child predators.
Anyone with information on child sexual abuse is encouraged to report such information to the Attorney General’s Office Hotline at 888-538-8541.
These cases are being prosecuted by Deputy Attorney General Dan Dye.
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