A 64-year-old Lancaster County man has been charged with sexually abusing an 8-year-old girl more than 20 years ago, police said in court documents.

Joseph Shimp, of Ephrata, was charged with five felonies, including involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child, rape of child, aggravated indecent assault and related charges.

The charges come after the victim reported to Ephrata police that Shimp abused her multiple times in 2002 and 2003 starting when she was 8 years old.

The victim reported the sexual assaults and indecent contact took place when Shimp, who was 40 and 41 years old at the time, was watching the victim and other children at a home in Ephrata, the affidavit said.

Police said Shimp built a fort in the back yard, where he took the victim with him to abuse her. Other

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