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Katherine Theraisa Longo, 47, of Lebanon, was arrested on Tuesday, Oct. 29, as Daily Voice previously reported.
Shortly after news of her arrest was shared with Daily Voice, the DA informed us about charges of two more members of the Longo family. Kelly Longo, 43, and her husband, Christopher Longo, also 43, both of Lebanon are in the Lebanon County Prison after being arrested on Thursday, Oct. 17.
Kelly was charged with three felonies and three misdemeanors for endangering the welfare of children, corruption of minors, indecent assault of a minor, and conspiracy to commit an indecent assault of a minor.
Christopher was charged with 36 offenses including rape of a child, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child, statutory sexual assault, aggravated indecent assault, unlawful contact with a minor, corruption of minors, endangering the welfare of children, and multiple related offenses.
The husband and wife's charges stem from a report of sexual abuse of reported by a student at a middle school, according to the DA.
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The now teenage girl was interviewed and told investigators that Christopher had been molesting her she since was 5 years old, according to the release.
In addition to the unwanted touches, he forced her to perform oral — making her swallow his semen — then used sexual toys on her and made her watch pornography, as detailed in the DA's release. "Longo would insert his penis into a sexual toy and force the victim to manipulate the toy with her hands until he ejaculated. Police executed a search warrant on the Defendants’ residence and located the sex toys as described," as stated in the release.
Another victim, who is now an adult, also said she was abused starting at age 5 and it ended when she turned eighteen, the DA release states. She described similar assaults including vaginal and anal rapes by Christopher.
"She stated [Kelly] would join in her assaults. [Kelly] would put her hand with the child’s hand around [Christopher's] penis. Both Defendants forced [the girl] to watch them engage in sexual intercourse," as stated in the release.
A third girl was soon identified by investigators who learned she was sexually assaulted by Christopher Longo starting at 12 years old.
The children informed their mom who "told the children they lied and did not report the allegations to police," the DA wrote.
Christopher has a prior conviction for indecent assault in 2001.
**WARNING THE ABOVE INFORMATION IS DISTURBING**
“Christopher Longo raped, molested, and abused three minor children [...] nearly two decades. For a mother to know of the abuse and not help her children is disgusting [...] These Defendants will be fully held accountable for their depraved actions. We believe additional victims may exist – if you have any information or believe you may know of additional victims, we are asking you contact the Lebanon County Detective Bureau or the Lebanon City Police Department immediately,” said District Attorney Pier Hess Graf.
Anyone with information on the incident should contact the Detective Bureau at 717-228-4403 or the Lebanon City Police Department.
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