A Louisiana man has been sentenced to decades in prison and physical castration after pleading guilty to raping a teenager, according to a news release from the region's district attorney.
Glenn Sullivan Sr., 54, pleaded guilty to four counts of second-degree rape on April 17. Authorities began investigating Sullivan in July 2022, when a young woman told the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office that Sullivan had assaulted her multiple times when she was 14 years old. The assaults resulted in the pregnancy, and a DNA test confirmed Sullivan was the child's father, the district attorney's office said. Sullivan had also treated the victim and threatened her and her family to keep her from coming forward.
“So many of these types of cases go unreported because of fear. The strength it must have taken for this young woman to tell the truth in the face of threats and adversity is truly incredible,” said U.S. District Attorney Scott M. Perrilloux in the news release.
A 2008 Louisiana law says men convicted of certain rape crimes can be sentenced to chemical castration. They can also choose to be physically castrated. Perrilloux said Sullivan's plea requires him to be physically castrated. The process will be conducted by the state Department of Corrections, according to the law, but cannot be conducted more than a week before a person's prison sentence ends. That means Sullivan would not be castrated until a week before the end of his 50-year sentence, when he would be over 100 years old.
“Sex crimes against minors are the most malicious crimes we prosecute,” Assistant District Attorney Brad J. Cascio, who prosecuted the case, said in the statement. “I intend to use every tool the legislature is willing to give us, including physical castration, to seek justice for the children of our community.”
