SAXONBURG — A 27-year-old man at a preliminary hearing Wednesday described how he was sexually assaulted for five years beginning when he was 6 at a home in Winfield Township.

He identified Adam R. Kelley, 33, of Lyndora as his attacker.

“I was assaulted on multiple occasions,” the accuser said. “More than I can count.”

District Judge Sue Haggerty ordered Kelley to stand trial on two counts each of rape of a child, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a person less than 16 years of age and statutory sexual assault, all felonies.

Additionally, he was held for court on misdemeanor charges of indecent exposure and indecent assault of a person less than 16.

The alleged victim, who now lives in Florida, was the lone witness to testify. He described being abused between 1995 and 2000.

During that time, he was 6 to 11 years old and Kelley was 12 to 17.

Following the hearing, Kelley’s attorney, Rebecca Black, denied the allegations.

“The situation simply did not happen,” she said. “The commonwealth has not presented anything to substantiate the charges.”

Kelley remains free on $50,000 bail.

State police arrested Kelley last week after investigators spoke to the accuser Jan. 27.

Despite the passage of time, police were able to charge Kelley, under state law.

In Pennsylvania, the statute of limitations says that victims under the age of 18 who were born before Aug. 27, 2002, have 12 years after their 18th birthday to file criminal charges.

Victims under the age of 18 born after Aug. 27, 2002, have 32 years after their 18th birthday to pursue an alleged perpetrator in criminal court.

The victim, who the Butler Eagle is not identifying due to the nature of the charges, testified that Kelley assaulted him “frequently” — possibly every week — from 1995 to 2000.

He accused him of coercion and intimidation.

“He was older and larger,” the accuser said, “and just the whole situation was not something a 6-year-old would know how to handle.”

During his testimony, he did not say what prompted him to come forward with the allegations.

He said he received counseling when he was 11 to 15.

At 15, he recounted, he told a counselor what happened. By then, he added, he also was “equipped with the skills to communicate with my mother” about the alleged sexual assaults.

The allegations then apparently were reported to the state’s ChildLine hot line, but it was not known if they were ever passed on to any child welfare or police agency for investigation.

Black pressed the accuser on why he waited so long before going to police.

“I was not aware at the time that there were resources available to me to take action,” he said.

He also had assumed for some time that it was too late for charges to be brought.