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<p>DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) &#8212; A suburban Philadelphia handyman accused of serial child rape is facing additional charges involving a sixth child.</p><p>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.</p><p>Thomas, of Morrisville, was already charged with dozens of crimes involving five children. Prosecutors have said he kept a &#8220;perverse shrine&#8221; in his trailer &#8212; 1,000 pairs of used girl&#8217;s underwear &#8212; and documented his crimes in hundreds of disturbing, graphic images and writings.</p><p>He has said he &#8220;never inflicted any pain on a child.&#8221;</p><p>He remains jailed pending trial.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">This Feb. 3, 2017, photo provided by the Bucks County District Attorney&#8217;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&#8217;s Office via AP) </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/web1_AP17038660461433-1.jpg</photo0><caption0>This Feb. 3, 2017, photo provided by the Bucks County District Attorney&#8217;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&#8217;s Office via AP) </caption0><photoCredit0></photoCredit0></div></div>
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Suburban Philly handyman accused of serial child rape hit with new charges