Is 7 Years Enough?

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Amish couple who 'gifted' their 14-year-old daughter to a 52-year-old man who impregnanted her are sentenced to up to seven years in prison

A Pennsylvania judge has sentenced a married couple to up to seven years in prison after they 'gifted' their oldest daughter to a cult-like figure who sexually assaulted the girl and her five sisters.

Daniel and Savilla Stoltzfus were sentenced Wednesday by Judge Jeffrey L. Finley to serve a minimum of three and a half years up to 7 years in prison on child endangerment charges.

Daniel, 44, pleaded no contest to the charges in April, but his 43-year-old wife had entered a guilty plea. The couple gave their children to 52-year-old Lee Donald Kaplan because he helped them out of financial trouble when they broke with their Amish faith.

Two of the Stoltzfus's daughters attended their sentencing on Wednesday along with an older brother who led a delegation of 26 Amish adults and two infants into the courtroom, Philly.com reported.

Prior to their sentencing, one of the couple's daughters reportedly asked Finley to consider the childrens' love for their parents.

But the judge slammed the couple saying that he allowed his daughter to become 'sex slaves' and exposed them to trauma.

'You continued letting your children crawl into the bed of that man when you knew what was going on,' Finley told Savilla.

Daniel said, 'I regret having to put my children through what they've been through this past year and wish to reunite with my children.'

Savilla told the judge that she felt 'very very lost' when they met Kaplan.
'Forgive me for the fact that I put my children at risk,' she said.

How about involuntary sterilization of the parents plus the 7 years. Maybe that would set the proper tone.