Commonwealth v. R. P.

By JUDGE THOMAS A. FORTKORT

This cause originally came to be heard on September 14, 1988, before the Court without a jury. The defendant was charged with two counts of sexual abuse of two young girls who resided in the same household. The witnesses were the same in both cases since the complaint of sexual abuse of one child to school authorities and the investigation therein led to the allegation of sexual abuse by the other child. The offense against one child was alleged to have occurred on March 13, 1988, and the offense against the other child in the fall. There is a common thread between…