UTICA - Today, David Mast of Utica was in Utica City Court for charges of sexually abusing a six year old boy. He waives his right to a felony hearing and the case will now go before an Oneida County Grand Jury. His daughter, Patricia Seigler, says he abused her and her sister when she was just a little girl.

It certainly took a lot of bravery for Seigler to come out in public to tell this very painful story of sex abuse. A story of abuse by a man who, as a child, should have been a person she could trust.

According to Seigler, the abuse started when she was about five or six years-old. She says he would molest her late at night while her mother slept, or when they went on trips.

Seigler says she told her mother about what was happening - but claims her mother never did anything to stop it. It's her younger sister, who Seigler says was also abused by Mast, who told a school principal in 1990 what was happening.

Court documents say Mast was arrested, charged and convicted of first-degree sexual abuse in the case of her sister. He was also charged with two misdemeanors.

Even though Mast was never formally charged with sexually abusing Seigler, she still thinks its important for her to share her story...as a healing process for her, and being a support system for Mast's latest alleged victim.

"If I could say something to that little boy, I would tell him I know what you're going through. Just keep going to counseling, get it all out in the open. Don't keep it bottled up inside because it will destroy you," she said.

Again, Mast will be in Utica City Court Monday afternoon on charges of a completely separate incident. He's being charged with first degree sexual abuse for allegedly molesting a six-year-old boy, which is classified as a felony.