A man who confined his family to a remote cabin and sexually abused his teenage daughter for three years has been sentenced to eight years in prison.
The 45-year-old can not be named in order to protect his wife and three daughters.
He faced 22 charges for his actions, including producing and possessing child pornography, assault with a weapon, sexual assault, and wanton disregard for the life or safety of a minor.
He pleaded guilty to seven of them last year, including incest, assault, corrupting the morals of minors, careless storage of firearms and forcible confinement.
In 2007, the man took his three daughters, all under the age of 18, to a cabin 150 kilometres north of the nearest community.
He cut off all communication to any extended family and repeatedly assaulted and engaged in various forms of sexual activity with his eldest daughter.
He discussed these activities with his younger daughters, leading them to believe they were correct and, in some cases, sanctioned by God, the pre-sentencing report said.
“She was making me fall in love with her,” the man said of his oldest daughter in his early confessions.
He had an uncontrollable anger towards her, he said, adding he believed she had power over him.
He hoped “he could beat the evil out of (her),” the report quoted.
Throughout the three years, the man is also accused of forcing his eldest daughter to produce pornographic videos for him.
Her attempts to destroy the videos would lead to beatings.
Some of the abuse is alleged to have happened with weapons, like a wooden board, the court documents stated.
“No pain or expense is too great if it teaches us to be free of sin and gets us eventually into heaven,” the man is quoted as telling his daughter while burning himself repeatedly.
The man has been in custody since December 2010 when his wife reported him to the RCMP.
With credit for time served, he has five and a half years left on his sentence.
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