Oregon man convicted of sexually abusing girls at unlicensed daycare

An Oregon man has been convicted of sexually abusing two girls attending an unlicensed day care operated by his wife.

The Statesman Journal reports 54-year-old Jeffrey Rauch was found guilty Wednesday on counts of unlawful sexual penetration, sodomy and sexual abuse following a two-day bench trial in a Marion County court.

According to court records, Rauch of Salem was accused of sexually abusing a 5-year-old girl and a 6-year-old girl from 2016 to 2017. He was arrested in August 2017 after a girl told her mother that Rauch touched her inappropriately.

Rauch is scheduled to be sentenced next month.

A trial is scheduled for December for Rauch’s son, who is also accused of sexually abusing the girls.