Updated: 12:43 PM EST December 31, 2020
LITTLESTOWN, Pa. A second grade teacher in the Gettysburg Area School District is facing charges for sexually abusing a minor. Vincent Marfia, 40, of Littlestown, was arrested by State Police Wednesday.
He is charged with involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, indecent assault, corruption of minors and other related charges. The alleged abuse occurred when the victim was between 10 and 14 years old.
Marfia is listed on the Gettysburg Area School District website as a 2nd grade teacher at Franklin Township Elementary School. Andrew Robinson, Communications Coordinator for the district, issued the following statement: The district is aware of the charges filed regarding one of our teachers. The district will fully cooperate with law enforcement regarding the investigation. The teacher will not be in school or on school property during the investigation. The district will have no further comment regarding the teacher at
A second grade Pennsylvania teacher is facing charges after police alleged he sexually abused a child.
According to the Pennsylvania State Police, Vincent Marfia, 40, is facing indecent assault, corruption of minors, deviate sexual intercourse, and related charges. NBC 8 reports that the alleged victim was between the age of 10 to 13.
Marfia teaches for the Gettysburg School District at Franklin Township Elementary School. According to investigators, Marfia knew the victim but the child was not one of his students.
“He’s denying it, absolutely denies it,” Marfia’s lawyer, David Reed Erhard, told The New Haven Register. “We’re hoping that people will reserve judgment until the case has run its course.”