Louisiana man sentenced to prison, physical castration for raping teen

A Louisiana man has been sentenced to decades successful situation and beingness castration aft pleading blameworthy to raping a teenager, according to a news release from nan region's territory attorney. 

Glenn Sullivan Sr., 54, pled blameworthy to 4 counts of second-degree rape connected April 17. Authorities began investigating Sullivan successful July 2022, erstwhile a young female told nan Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office that Sullivan had assaulted her aggregate times erstwhile she was 14. The assaults resulted successful pregnancy, and a DNA trial confirmed that Sullivan was nan begetter of nan child, nan territory attorney's agency said. Sullivan had besides groomed nan unfortunate and threatened her and her family to forestall her from coming forward. 

"So galore of these types of cases spell unreported because of fear. The spot it must person taken for this young female to show nan truth successful nan look of threats and adversity is genuinely incredible," Judicial District Attorney Scott M. Perrilloux said successful nan news release. 

A 2008 Louisiana law says that men convicted of definite rape offenses whitethorn beryllium sentenced to chemic castration. They tin besides elite to beryllium physically castrated. Perrilloux said that Sullivan's plea requires he beryllium physically castrated. The process will beryllium carried retired by nan state's Department of Corrections, according to nan law, but cannot beryllium conducted much than a week earlier a person's situation condemnation ends. This intends Sullivan wouldn't beryllium castrated until a week earlier nan extremity of his 50-year condemnation — erstwhile he would beryllium much than 100 years old. 

"Sex crimes against juveniles are nan astir malicious crimes we prosecute," Assistant District Attorney Brad J. Cascio, who prosecuted nan case, said successful nan release. "I intend connected utilizing each instrumentality nan legislature is consenting to springiness us, including beingness castration, to activity justness for nan children successful our community." 

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