Child Sex Abuse Charges Filed Against 23 Year Old Rochester Man

Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News) - A Rochester man has been accused of repeatedly sexually abusing a young girl beginning when he was also a minor and continuing after he became an adult.

The criminal complaint filed against 23-year-old Joshua Brian Shoden states that a woman, who is now 20 years old, told Rochester police that she had been sexually assaulted from the time she was 5 years old until around her 17th birthday. The court document indicates she named Shoden as her assailant and described the sexual abuse he allegedly inflicted on her through most of her childhood.

The criminal complaint also states that Shoden gave a statement to police and admitted having sexual contact with the victim beginning when she was in elementary school. The charges say Shoden estimated that he touched the victim more than 10 times, but thought it had stopped before he turned 18 years old.

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He is charged with three counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct and one count of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct. The court record indicates Shoden has been sent a summons that orders him to appear in Olmsted County Court for formal arrangement on the charges next month.