Upper Bucks Man Acquitted of Child Rape Charges

A Milford Township, Bucks County man was acquitted on charges that he raped a former Hellertown boy who was 8 at the time during a 2009 “furry” party at his home, the Bucks County Courier Times reported Friday.

Kenneth C. Fenske, 57, of Old Bethlehem Pike, was found not guilty following two hours of deliberations and a four-day jury trial in Doylestown, in which his defense attorney, Steven Fairlie, pointed to inconsistencies in the boy’s testimony and questioned whether the allegations against him were part of a scheme by the boy’s family to profit in civil court from his client’s wealth, the newspaper reported.

Being a furry involves dressing up as an animal and is a sexual fetish for some but not all people.

Charges are reportedly still pending against other individuals who Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro said were part of a child sex abuse network when the allegations against Fenske–who had been charged with first-degree felony child rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and unlawful contact with a minor–were first announced nearly a year ago.