MAN GUILTY OF SEXUAL ASSAULT ON SIX SISTERS

A man was convicted Tuesday of sexually assaulting six girls in the same family, fathering two children by one of them.

Authorities allege the girls’ parents had “gifted” their oldest daughter to Lee Donald Kaplan because he helped the family out of financial ruin.

Jurors in Bucks County convicted Kaplan, 52, on all 17 counts of rape of a child, statutory sexual assault and other offences.

The conviction came a year after a neighbour’s tip prompted authorities to search his Feasterville home.

The parents of the six girls are awaiting sentencing on child endangerment convictions.