Raped 50 Children

Abbie Worman produced thousands of images of himself sexually abusing children as young as 3 months old was convicted Wednesday on more than 50 child pornography charges.
Worman had cameras mounted in the bathroom of a friend who baby-sat children in her suburban row house. He made the videotapes over a three-year period between 2003 and 2006, capturing children as they undressed and showered at the sitter's home in Collingdale. Prosecutors say he also sexually abused eight other children, including one 3-month-old, and videotaped the assaults.

Police have said more than 1 million images were found on Worman's computer, including thousands of videos that Worman produced of himself raping children. 4

His Fellow Conspirator

Co-defendant Dorothy Prawdzik, 44, of Drexel Hill, who has a child with Worman, told the FBI in 2006 that she ordered some of the children to undress and pose at the baby sitter's house and on overnight trips, Special Agent Jennifer Coughlin testified Wednesday.

Worman threatened that she would never see her son again if she refused, Prawdzik said at the time.

The jury was set to resume deliberations Thursday on 15 counts lodged against Prawdzik.

Lawyer Says "Anti Semitism" At Work

S. Lee Ruslander outside the Federal Courthouse in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2007. Ruslander is the defense lawyer for John Worman, of Colwyn, Pa., was charged in a federal indictment with 51 counts of producing and possessing child pornography.