Bevier Hasbrouck Sleight, who for years dressed up as Saint Nick at the Santa’s Land Fun Park and Zoo in Cherokee, North Carolina, is charged with aggravated sexual abuse, offensive touching and contributing to the delinquency, indiscipline and neglect or abuse of minors among other charges, WLOS reported.

Cherokee police say 78-year-old Bevier Hasbrouck Sleight worked for years at Santa’s Land Fun Park and Zoo. Warrants show he was arrested on Aug. 29 and charged with 13 counts of child abuse. Charges include aggravated sexual abuse, offensive touching, and contributing to the delinquency, undisciplined, neglect or abuse of minors.

A man who once portrayed Santa Claus at a North Carolina theme park has been arrested on charges of sexually abusing two young girls over the

A man who formerly played Santa at a Cherokee, North Carolina, fun park and zoo themed for Saint Nick has been charged with sexually abusing children.