A Couple Accused of “Gifting” Their Daughters to a Cult Pleads Guilty
A couple in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, who was accused of gifting their daughters to a cult-like figure who considered them wives has pleaded to child endangerment charges.
Savilla and Daniel Stoltzfus got financial help from Lee Kaplan when they fell on hard times after breaking from their Amish faith, according to authorities and interviews with relatives and neighbors.
Police ultimately found the family, including the couple’s nine daughters and two grandchildren, living with Kaplan when a neighbor’s tip led them to search his Philadelphia-area home last June. Authorities later charged him with sexually assaulting six of the girls.
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