Pennsylvania AG: Lancaster County doctor sexually assaulted student
A Pennsylvania doctor already charged with sexually assaulting a man during an office visit faces new allegations he sexually assaulted four other patients, including a student.
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A Lancaster County sports medicine doctor who spent decades working with high school athletes has been charged with sexually assaulting five patients, including two minors — one of them in a high school athletic trainer’s room.
William Vollmar was charged Wednesday with felony institutional sexual assault, corruption of minors, and other offenses. Records show he was released on bond. Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, whose office is prosecuting Vollmar, said there might be additional victims, and he encouraged them to come forward.
"Parents of children who have been treated by him should have a conversation about their experiences, regardless of how old they are now," Shapiro said.
A message was left with Vollmar’s attorney, Michael Winters, but there was no response.
Vollmar, 55, of the Lancaster County town of Willow Street, had contracts to work at six school districts, a private school, and a college. Prosecutors said he also worked at many district and state athletic competitions over the years and was a member of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association Sports Medicine Advisory Committee.
State police charged him last month with touching the penis of a man during a March 14 sports massage. Vollmar asked the patient, “Do you trust me?” before manipulating his genitals, according to court documents. The man stopped Vollmar and ended the massage. Police said Vollmar acknowledged the sexual contact but said he thought the patient “was revealing interest.”
Wednesday’s charges involve four additional patients. One of the victims was a 17-year-old student at Conestoga Valley High School, according to charging documents. Vollmar touched the student’s penis on two occasions at the high school this year, authorities said.
Vollmar allegedly assaulted another Conestoga student in the 1990s. He returned as Vollmar's patient in 2016 and 2017, and Vollmar again sexually assaulted him, according to an affidavit.
Conestoga Valley superintendent Dave Zuilkoski said in a statement that the district severed ties with Vollmar on April 10, when he was first charged, and is cooperating with police and prosecutors.
Vollmar’s medical license was suspended last month.