GUILTY PA - 12 girls found in home of man charged w/sex assault, Bucks County, 16 June 2016

[Ray_of_hope]

Absolutely horrifying that things such as this can happen. I'm numb.

 

[kaen]

What is wrong with people?

 

[mpnola]

Was he attempting to start a cult?

I think he was starting a collection of girls he could assault with no one looking fir them. Their parents gave them willingly. Thats my guess.

 

[AmyPond]

I am confused as to who all lived in the house exactly. Haven't had a chance to read each link yet though. This is so.....bizarre.

 

[perfectingpink]

Pics of all 3 at link.

Lancaster County girl allegedly “gifted” to man charged with sex crimes by her ex-Amish parents

http://fox43.com/2016/06/17/lancast...rged-with-sex-crimes-by-her-ex-amish-parents/

 

[thefragile7393]

They are the parents of all the girls sans the last two, who are their grandkids? Huh??.?

 

[bluesneakers]

Handing over 10 daughters to a man who is going to sexually assault and rape them gets you an endangering the welfare of children charge?? What a bunch of bs.

 

[Curious Me]

There's lots of information in the article below and a picture of the house.
Sickened that the parents basically sold their children, as though they were cattle or something, to this creepy man. Bless the woman who reported it...I call her a hero.

Police: Parents admit 'gifting' teen to Bucks man; all 3 arrested
Updated: June 17, 2016 — 11:15 PM EDT
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/2...ered_with_a_14-year-old__police_say.html?Asdc

...She said she called Bucks County Children and Youth on Wednesday because she was concerned about the girls - some 7 or 8, some young teens - she saw at his house, which she noticed had boarded windows and high weeds.

They all wore blue dresses and had long, unkempt hair, she said.

"The guy drives that creepy blue van," she said. "He looked creepy."

Then Betz learned that there was an infant in the house. Being a new mother to a little girl helped make the decision for her.

"Something needed to be done," she said.

 

[Curious Me]

This is interesting.

The Stoltzfuses were born into the Amish religion, but renounced it amid a years-long fight with community elders, according to a federal lawsuit they filed in 2009 against their former church.

In the 2009 complaint, the Stoltzfuses said they had 11 children and had owned their property on Pumping Station Road in Kirkwood, Lancaster County, since 1997. They operated a metalworking business on the property. The Stoltzfuses suggested that sect leaders, among other things, frowned on them for doing business "with an individual of the Jewish faith named Lee Kaplan," the complaint says.

The lawsuit was dismissed later that year.

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/2...ered_with_a_14-year-old__police_say.html?Asdc

 

[sweetcaro]

The dad is also charged witn Statutory Sexual Assualt, does this mean he actually undertook the act? Is that what this charge requires or can it be for his actions which resulted in it?

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[Romulus]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...lvania-rape-case-of-teen-amish-girl-gifted-t/

[FONT=&amp]Three people in Pennsylvania have been charged in a bizarre statutory rape case where a 14-year-old Amish girl was "gifted" to a much older man who helped her parents out of financial distress, according to court records released on Friday.[/FONT]
[FONT=&amp]Child welfare workers in Bucks County found 11 girls between the ages of 6 months and 18 years living in the house of 51-year-old Lee Kaplan in the town of Feasterville on Thursday. All are believed to be Amish.[/FONT]
[FONT=&amp]Police on Thursday arrested Kaplan as well as Daniel Stoltzfus, 43, and his wife Savilla Stoltzfus, 42, who are the parents of the teenage girl.[/FONT]

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

I feel terrible for all these girls.....to be pimped out like that by their disgusting parents. The photos of those three turn my stomach. Thank God for the woman who reported this horrible situation......she knew something was wrong. Bless her for stepping up and doing the right thing. I can't even imagine what these girls have been through, nor do I want to.

 

[thefragile7393]

There's lots of information in the article below and a picture of the house.
Sickened that the parents basically sold their children, as though they were cattle or something, to this creepy man. Bless the woman who reported it...I call her a hero.

Police: Parents admit 'gifting' teen to Bucks man; all 3 arrested
Updated: June 17, 2016 — 11:15 PM EDT
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/2...ered_with_a_14-year-old__police_say.html?Asdc

From the link "'We've got a ways to go to figure out what's really going on here,' Heckler said." Exactly. There's a whollllllle crazy mess going on here and these are just the initial reports...yikes

 

[mpnola]

The dad is also charged witn Statutory Sexual Assualt, does this mean he actually undertook the act? Is that what this charge requires or can it be for his actions which resulted in it?

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Thats how I took it! Poor girls went out of the frying pan into the fire.

 

[mpnola]

This is interesting.

Maybe the sect leaders were more concerned about this dude being a child predator than being concerned he was of the Jewish faith! I (obviously) don't know the whole story, but it is interesting how people can twist a story to display details that would make them look like the victim. I bet the sect leaders will have a different version of what happened.

 

[Irisha]

what in the actual . . .

:shutup:

Can this be a TOS free thread, I have a mouthful of potty mouth words to say that would fit these 3 imbeciles.:moo:

ETA: The kids are now safer than they ever have been!!!:great::cheer:

 

[gregjrichards]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...lvania-rape-case-of-teen-amish-girl-gifted-t/

[FONT=&]Three people in Pennsylvania have been charged in a bizarre statutory rape case where a 14-year-old Amish girl was "gifted" to a much older man who helped her parents out of financial distress, according to court records released on Friday.[/FONT]
[FONT=&]Child welfare workers in Bucks County found 11 girls between the ages of 6 months and 18 years living in the house of 51-year-old Lee Kaplan in the town of Feasterville on Thursday. All are believed to be Amish.[/FONT]
[FONT=&]Police on Thursday arrested Kaplan as well as Daniel Stoltzfus, 43, and his wife Savilla Stoltzfus, 42, who are the parents of the teenage girl.[/FONT]
[FONT=&]Kaplan is charged with 10 counts of various sexual offenses, eight of them felonies, including statutory rape. Daniel Stoltzfus is charged with conspiracy to commit statutory sexual assault. Both he and Savilla Stoltzfus are also charged with endangering the welfare of children.[/FONT]
[FONT=&]They are each being held on $1 million bond. It was not immediately clear if they had legal representation.[/FONT]
[FONT=&]Police said in court papers that the Stoltzfus couple was grateful to Kaplan for saving their farm from foreclosure. They admitted to giving their then 14-year-old daughter to Kaplan after they found information on the internet suggesting this would be legal.[/FONT]
[FONT=&]Kaplan impregnated the 14-year-old almost immediately, according to court papers, and again when she was 17 years-old. The girl is now 18, police said.[/FONT]
[FONT=&]Police and the assistant district attorney prosecuting the case could not be reached for comment Friday afternoon. Court papers did not say where the other girls came from.[/FONT]
[FONT=&]The three will face a preliminary hearing on the charges August 2. [/FONT]

What a horror story those poor victims.

 

[tlcya]

Kaplan is charged with 10 counts of various sexual offenses, eight of them felonies, including statutory rape. Daniel Stoltzfus is charged with conspiracy to commit statutory sexual assault. Both he and Savilla Stoltzfus are also charged with endangering the welfare of children.

I think that means the girl's father knew what Kaplan was interested in from his 14 year old daughter and conspired to make it happen anyway by "gifting" her to him.

uke:

 

[bluesneakers]

Can this be a TOS free thread, I have a mouthful of potty mouth words to say that would fit these 3 imbeciles.:moo:

ETA: The kids are now safer than they ever have been!!!:great::cheer:

And kept together.

 

[Mountaingazer]

So did the parents just gift all their girls to him and then only keep their boys in their home?

An article from 2009 about their legal troubles states they have 12 children themselves, so I am assuming there are three other children who were not placed with Kaplan and that they were probably boys who he had no interest in.