Suburban Philly handyman accused of serial child rape hit with new charges

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A suburban Philadelphia handyman accused of serial child rape is facing additional charges involving a sixth child.

Bucks County authorities said Monday that 58-year-old William Charles Thomas has been charged with 26 additional counts. Falls Township police say Thomas raped the victim when she was a child in the 1990s. Police interviewed the woman in late January.

Thomas, of Morrisville, was already charged with dozens of crimes involving five children. Prosecutors have said he kept a “perverse shrine” in his trailer — 1,000 pairs of used girl’s underwear — and documented his crimes in hundreds of disturbing, graphic images and writings.

He has said he “never inflicted any pain on a child.”

He remains jailed pending trial.

This Feb. 3, 2017, photo provided by the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office shows William Charles Thomas of Morrisville, Pa. Thomas was arraigned Tuesday, Feb. 7 on 51 charges, including five counts of child rape, and was jailed on $750,000 bail. Authorities urged other victims to come forward, saying Thomas wrote about molesting children as young as 3 and as far back as the 1970s. (Bucks County District Attorney’s Office via AP)

https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/web1_AP17038660461433-1.jpg.optimal.jpgThis Feb. 3, 2017, photo provided by the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office shows William Charles Thomas of Morrisville, Pa. Thomas was arraigned Tuesday, Feb. 7 on 51 charges, including five counts of child rape, and was jailed on $750,000 bail. Authorities urged other victims to come forward, saying Thomas wrote about molesting children as young as 3 and as far back as the 1970s. (Bucks County District Attorney’s Office via AP)