They 'Married' Each Other's Daughters. The Girls Were 7, 8 (in USA)

[Demovictory9]

http://www.newser.com/story/261298/they-married-each-others-daughters-the-girls-were-7-8.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=uol&utm_campaign=rss_top



A Utah man who said he was the prophet of a polygamist sect is headed to prison after his conviction and sentencing this week on a child sodomy charge. Samuel Shaffer is the Knights of the Crystal Blade leader who was arrested in December on kidnapping charges involving his two daughters, as well as the two daughters and two sons of sect co-founder John Coltharp, who was also arrested. On Wednesday in Sanpete County, Shaffer pleaded guilty to felony sodomy on a child and was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison, KUTV reports. Among the details Shaffer shared with detectives as they looked into his case, per People: that he'd "married" Coltharp's 8-year-old daughter, and Coltharp had done the same with his 7-year-old daughter.

Shaffer, listed as either 34 or 35, had previously been sentenced to 26 years to life in Iron County on child rape and child abuse charges; his new sentence will run concurrent with that one. "I sincerely believed that child marriage was a correct principle from God," Shaffer told Sanpete County Judge Marvin Bagley, per USA Today. "And I've seen the consequences of what's happened, and I know that I shouldn't have done it now." But Bagley wasn't buying his excuses. "I'm not aware of any religion in this world that justifies an adult having a sexual relationship with an 8-year-old girl," Bagley said. "Certainly it's a violation of Utah law." Coltharp is set to be sentenced Aug. 8.

[Wellstone ruled]

1. Hey folks,it is Utah and if you have ever

lived there or are living there,this is not the first time for a story like this. Yuppper,got them family values right over there. Worked with a Guy who had 43 wives and well over 140 kids.

[BigmanPigman]

2. Sick, sick, sick!

[spanone]

8. veiled in religion....ain't god proud?

[Wellstone ruled]

9. It is a true

Theocracy,when your Time and Seniority and Lineage in the Priesthood is the determining factor whiter you qualify for Elective Office and garner the GOP backing.

[smirkymonkey]

3. Ugh. Just disgusting.

Those poor little girls. I hope these men never see the outside of a prison again.

[superpatriotman]

4. Knights of the Crystal Blade?

Religion. Is there anything it CAN'T do?

[struggle4progress]

5. Utah requires special consents for marriages below age 18 and imposes additional conditions

for marriages at age 15, below which age no marriages are allowed

Tahirih Justice Center: Understanding State Statutes on Minimum Marriage Age and Exceptions (pdf)

[struggle4progress]

6. HOW LAWS ALLOW CHILD MARRIAGE TO HAPPEN IN TODAY'S AMERICA

Child marriage is a real and persistent problem in the United States. Between 2000 and 2015, well over 200,000 children under age 18 were married in America. The majority of them were girls, and the majority married adult men ... In Texas .. from 2000 to 2014, a staggering 40,000 children were married. Children as young as 12 and 13 years old were approved by a judge to be married. Yet under Texas law, sexual intercourse with children of those ages constitutes aggravated child sexual assault, a first-degree felony
punishable by up to life in prison ...

http://www.tahirih.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/TahirihChildMarriageReport-1.pdf

[lpbk2713]

7. I wonder if they have checked his computer.

It would not surprise me if it was loaded with kiddie porn.