Published September 20. 2017 04:57AM
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A man convicted of sexually assaulting six girls from the same family, fathering two children with one of them, is scheduled to be sentenced in a Pennsylvania court.
Fifty-two-year-old Lee Donald Kaplan will be sentenced in Bucks County court Wednesday on multiple counts of child rape, statutory sexual assault and other charges.Authorities say the girls' parents "gifted" their oldest daughter to Kaplan because he helped them financially when they broke with their Amish faith. The parents were sentenced to up to seven years in prison on child endangerment charges in July.The girl Kaplan twice impregnated was 14 the first time.Prosecutors say the victims considered themselves to be Kaplan's wives. Their mother has said she thought the sexual activity could be a "good thing."
FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Lower Southampton Police Department shows Lee Donald Kaplan of Feasterville, Pa., convicted of sexually assaulting six girls from the same family, fathering two children with one of them. Kaplan was set to be sentenced Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017, on multiple counts of child rape, statutory sexual assault and other charges. The parents, a former Amish couple who Kaplan helped financially, were sentenced in July 2017, to up to seven years in prison on child endangerment charges. (Lower Southampton Police Department via AP, File) Copyright - Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2016, file photo, Lee Donald Kaplan, right in yellow, and Daniel Stoltzfus, left in yellow, are led to a preliminary hearing outside Bucks County Magisterial District Judge John I. Waltman's courtroom in Feasterville, Pa. Kaplan was set to be sentenced Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017, on multiple counts of child rape, statutory sexual assault and other charges for sexually assaulting six girls from the same family, fathering two children with one of them. Daniel and Savilla Stoltzfus, a former Amish couple who Kaplan helped financially, were sentenced in July 2017, to up to seven years in prison on child endangerment charges. (AP Photo/Megan Trimble, File) Copyright - Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.