Pennsylvania parents get jail time in 'gifted' girls case

[IronLionZion]

(CNN)The Pennsylvania parents who "gifted" six of their daughters to one man were sentenced to up to seven years in prison Tuesday, according to the Bucks County District Attorney.

Savilla Stoltzfus, 43, and Daniel Stoltzfus, 44, formerly members of the Amish community, allowed Lee Kaplan, 51, to live with and have sex with six of their nine daughters in return for financial support, according to prosecutors. The daughters are now age 9 to 19.

The Stoltzfuses entered pleas in April to one count of endangering the welfare of children. Savilla pleaded guilty and Daniel pleaded no contest. Their sentences are the maximum allowed by law, according to prosecutors.

"Individually, her sentence is completely appropriate," said William Craig Penglase, Savilla Stoltzfus' attorney. "I understand the court's outrage at their behavior."

Penglase said he was surprised, however, that his client's cooperation with prosecutors did not lighten her sentence.



http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/19/us/pennsylvania-parents-gifted-girls-case/index.html

Apparently it's not something that happens only in other countries far away. Some Americans pimp out their own children so perverts can abuse them right here in our country.

[NCTraveler]

1. "Apparently it's not something that happens only in other countries far away."

Who made the claim that it "happens only in other countries far away."

Sick people who abuse women and girls reside in every corner of the world.

[IronLionZion]

2. Indeed

It happens in our corner of the world, sometimes in our own towns and neighborhoods.

[NCTraveler]

3. I had no clue people here were in denial of that, as you suggest. nt.

[IronLionZion]

4. I'm sure you don't

I've seen it a few too many times here. Some folks like to feel superior to other cultures or look down on them as inferior somehow.

I've seen it discussed around movies like Slumdog Millionaire and Lion where bad things are done to children who have no one they can trust. People were very judgmental of Indian culture.

It can be humbling to see it happen in a developed first world nation where people can't be so desperately poor enough to sell their own children to nefarious characters. People don't think it can happen here and are in denial about many things that are uncomfortable to accept.

[NCTraveler]

5. "Some folks like to feel superior to other cultures or look down on them as inferior somehow. "

I'm one of those people.

Has nothing to do with the meta aspect you have thrown in when it comes to this horrible story. Now your direction is clear.

No one here believes or states that these things don't happen in the US, as you suggest.

[cwydro]

7. ...

[IronLionZion]

8. That's good to know

[ProfessorGAC]

6. And The 50-Something Who Accepted The Gift. . .

. . .should be exiled to the moon.