Comments about ‘Judge chastises parents over repeated sex abuse of daughter’

Good work and thank goodness for a judge who isn't afraid to actually do his job!! As for that mother, wow, she should not have those children anymore. Sounds like she doesn't even want them anyway! That is awful!

This judge is awesome. I completely agree with his statements and his actions. Her mother seriously disgusts me. How can she belittle what damage this man did to her child? She sounds extremely selfish and should lose custody of her child. That is not a mother. Seriously disturbing.

As soon as Senator Jenkin's bill passes, Governor Herbert ought to appoint Judge Kevin Allen as the Supreme Court Chief Justice. Wow. What a judge. We have so very, very few judges willing to stick up for the victims of crime and a Chief Justice known for her views of protecting criminals.

Take the kids away from the mother and get that mother some serious help!

WHY does the mother still have custody of that little girl? Both adults are sociopaths!!!

Now this is truly abuse.

I am a nurse at a psychiatric facility for children. Over the years I have seen hundreds of girls with similar backgrounds. The trauma is life altering, but what the mother is doing is damage that can't be treated. The child is in danger of continued abuse from the mother in the form of blame. I hope this child has an advocate looking out for her.

Thank you for finally giving an abuser the punishment he deserves. Let's hope this sets a precedent for other cases.

isn't the mother being brought up on some kind of neglect or abuse charges. Her daughter told her of the abuse and she didn't have her examined or checked in any way to see if it was true. She also is only thinking about herself.

I offer a standing ovation for this judge! Bless him for his willingness to nail this man to the wall. I normally would not be so critical of the mother, but I am absolutely appalled by her behavior! I normally don't think parents should have their freedoms taken away - but that mother needs to be ordered to get her daughter counseling and the mother needs to be in counseling as well. She is completely delusional!!

In 1962 I was typing a police report about a similar situation where the wife was quoted as saying it was the lesser of two evils to let her boy friend rape her 8 year old daughter than to be left without means of support. Go figure. More things change the more they stay the same.

State of Utah wake up and take the child from the mother. It is clear she values her relationshiops with men over that of her daughter. For the daughters sake get her out and get her help so she can have a chance at a normal life when she is older.

Now there is a man that understands his job as a Judge and does it well. The only question is how does the mother still have custody of those children? She obviously thinks more of herself and her vile husband than she does of her own children.

Don't send the judge to the Supreme Court - keep him in a local venue so he can do some good in cases just like these. Bravo to him - let other judges sit up and take notice! There'd be fewer offenders if they knew they had to face a judge like this.

That woman should lose custody of her children. She utterly FAILED to protect her daughter--before and after the fact. She obviously has no regard for the welfare of her children and will end up hooking up with another male of the same type who will do the same thing to her kids. BRAVO to the judge, though. He "gets" it. Too many Utah judges don't.

Forgiveness and repentance have their place, but not, as far as I'm concerned, in a case like this. You do something like this to a kid and you're done. If I were that woman, I couldn't dump that male (I refuse to call him a man) fast enough. Not that I really give a darn about her, but she really should get some therapy herself so she can work thru why she would put any male above the well-being of her own offspring, and why she, as a woman, is willing to go on devoting her life to a warped, perverted creature who has so thoroughly betrayed her.

We need more judges like this one. Child abuse should not be tolerated in any form or fashion. The mother needs some serious help. And she wants to be sealed to this pediphile is just insane! The church is not blind to this man's unworthiness to hold the priesthood. Both should get some serious counseling and he should be excommunicated. This judge has my vote anytime of the day and I am in another state!

I am speechless! I cannot believe this woman had the tanacity to stand up in court and say something like that! Why do some women think that they can't make it without a man? I don't get it, I have raised and supported my children by " MYSELF" for the last 30+ years. Why do these type of women exist? (Some peoples children).

The long-term effects of the mother ignoring this atrocious behavior is incalculable. I am familiar with one case (and there are many others) where a woman was abused by a family member over several years as a child. Her family pushed it under the rug once they discovered it because they felt it was "in the past" and no point in rocking the family boat. Now that mother does not trust ANY men, though she married and had children. The result is an innocent man is accused of child abuse to her children - totally false accusations - because the mother "fears" it could happen to them some day. Her false allegations have ripped the children from the arms of a loving, kind and completely innocent father, depriving them of a good relationship with a good dad who loves them. And the "judge" we encountered, while not believing the story of abuse, still let the children stay with the mother who is very ill.

This damage will continue. The child will never completely forget and nobody can imagine the lifelong consequences to her and beyond. Pray for someone outside the family to intervene on the child's behalf.

Kudos to this judge for doing the obviously right thing.

These parents still face a Judgment Day that will have far more eternal significance. (I'd hate to face the Man that said it would be better for them to get thrown in the sea with the millstone around their neck.)

May the little girl heal from the emotional scarring.

This case is not that unusual. My mother remained with my father even though he was raping and molesting me for years. She blamed me for the abuse.

The only thing unusual about this case is that the judge spoke the truth to this heinous hypocrite, and the perpetrator was given a long sentence.