A pastor who admitted to having sexually assaulted three children while he lived in Andreas waived his right to a preliminary hearing Tuesday.

District Judge Andrew J. Serena sent two felony counts of indecent assault of a child under the age of 13; two misdemeanor counts of sexual assault of a person under age 16; and two felony counts of corruption of minors when the defendant was at least 18 years old against Marvin Leroy Mosley on to Schuylkill County Court.

He remains free under $100,000 bail.

According to court documents, one of the women, now 26, reported the assaults to police on April 27, saying Mosley sexually assaulted her and two others when they were children. The assaults continued over the course of 15 years.

On Tuesday, Mosley, 43, sat outside the courtroom with his lawyer, Kristen Leigh Weisenberger of Harrisburg, and two other people as the now-adult victims met in private with Schuylkill County Assistant District Attorney Julie D. Werdt.

Because Mosley waived his right to the hearing, there was no testimony. In county court, Mosley, now living in Milroy, Mifflin County, will have the choice of going to trial or pleading guilty.

West Penn Township Police Chief James E. Bonner, who investigated the alleged assaults and filed the charges, was glad the women were spared having to relive the assaults by testifying.

“I’m thankful the victims will now have closure so they can begin to heal from this,” he said outside the courtroom.

Bonner encourages sexual assault victims to contact West Penn police.

“I encourage anyone in that situation to contact me,” he said. “We take these situations very seriously.”

Bonner said the family had reported the assaults “to the previous administration” years ago, but no investigation had been done.

Then, on April 27, one of the victims arrived at the police station to report having been abused by Mosley from the time she was 7 until she was 15.

“It was brought to my attention, and we took the appropriate actions,” Bonner said.

According to an affidavit of probable cause filed by Bonner, the then-newlywed Mosley and his wife came to live with the victim’s grandparents in 2003, as there was no parsonage at the Snyder County church he pastored.

It was shortly after that he began to behave inappropriately toward her. By 2004, he would molest her on four-wheeler rides in the woods and on car rides.

In 2007, the affidavit states, the Mosleys were moving from her grandparents’ home to Lehighton. He held her against his body, and that same year, he molested her in the basement.

The victim’s two sisters said they, too, were assaulted by Mosley.

One was 10 years old in 2005 when he began molesting her. The incidents happened in a hay mow, on four-wheeler rides, and while his wife was upstairs teaching her sister to play the piano. The incidents continued through 2012.

The other sister declined to become involved in the investigation.

Bonner wrote that he was contacted by state Trooper Zachary Yetter, who had received a ChildLine report concerning one of the victims, and that Mosley admitted to having molested her.

Bonner interviewed Mosley on May 8. He was read his Miranda rights and agreed to talk with Bonner without an attorney being there.

Mosley admitted to touching one of the victims sexually when he was 28 and married. Mosley “indicated he was married for seven years and did not know what sex was,” the affidavit states.

“He said he was lost and unfulfilled,” and that he “felt a chemistry” when he was around girls.

“He stated that he did some things he should not have done. He stated that he was too free with his hands, and elaborated, saying he had touched the girls in ways he should not have,” the affidavit states.

Mosley told Bonner he started with the oldest sister, then moved on to the middle sister, and then to the youngest.

Mosley “stated that he would get sexually aroused when the girls walked into the room, and that there were sexual overtones everywhere and that he was starved for sex.”

Bonner asked him if he thought exploring that with a child was appropriate, and why he didn’t turn to his wife.

Mosley “downplayed the question, saying he didn’t think anything was wrong with playing with them,” the affidavit states.

Bonner confronted Mosley, telling him that using children for sexual gratification was illegal, and Mosley again downplayed the incidents.

“I stated to him that you do not use children for sexual gratification, and he agreed,” Bonner wrote.