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Post by Logan on Jun 25, 2016 3:42:38 GMT -6
KIRKWOOD, Pa. (AP) — Daniel Stoltzfus' Amish mother always viewed him as her prodigal son, the only one of her 13 children to have left the religious order known for its modest dress, plain ways and insular culture. In the biblical parable, of course, the wayward child comes home. But "Dan" never did, abandoning his Amish faith more than a dozen years ago and falling in with a man named Lee Kaplan. Eventually, police say, Stoltzfus and his wife "gifted" their 14-year-old daughter to Kaplan after he helped them out financially — and apparently sent their nine younger daughters to live with the 51-year-old at his small home near Philadelphia. Kaplan is now charged with statutory sexual assault, and the teen's parents with child endangerment, in a case that has sent shock waves through the Amish community some 75 miles away. People here, in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch country, have been speaking of little else as they ponder how two of their own could have fallen so far. On Friday, a judge rejected Savilla Stoltzfus' request for a bail reduction, and all three defendants remain locked up on $1 million bail. Read more: www.philly.com/philly/news/20160624_ap_54d77ca92f7e4fae92f7e0944a6af2d7.html
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