NEW YORK – A Pennsylvania man has been charged with raping a teen with whom he fathered two children, after receiving the girl four years ago as a ”gift” from her parents, US news reports said Saturday. Lee Kaplan, 51, was arrested Thursday in the town of Feasterville on various charges including statutory sexual assault and corruption of a minor, the Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper and other media reported. The girl’s parents, Daniel and Savilla Stoltzfus, gave the then-14-year old to Kaplan in gratitude ”for helping (the) family out of financial ruin,” according to criminal complaints. News reports said the parents of the now 18-year-old girl have also been arrested. Kaplan and the victim’s parents are being held on $1 million bail each. The Stoltzfuses told police they were going to lose their farm until Kaplan ”comes along and gives them money somehow,” Bucks County District Attorney David Heckler told the [...]
