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He described times when he would take his children for ice cream and the local diner.

The man, in his 40s, was aggrieved and resentful, making himself out to be the victim. He said his number one rule was “family has each other’s back, no matter what.” He did not deny that he had “sexual contact” with the daughter who endured the worst of the abuse, but claimed she consented — despite his guilty pleas to the contrary.

His ramblings were filled with Biblical literalism and peppered with Bible verses. “There’s only two places to go, heaven or hell,” he said at one point. “Guys, where do you want to go?”

“Seriously, who are you guys and what have you done with my family … is this really who you are?” he said at one point.

“Do you guys honestly think you’re being a good representative of the Lord?”

The man’s identity is covered by a publication ban to protect the identity of his victims. None of his direct family members — including his wife and three daughters — were in court to hear the screed.

Court heard the man sexually abused his three daughters, all under the age of 18, over the course of years. One girl was offered to strangers on the internet. The father admitted he filmed and participated in one of the rapes, and forced her to watch the subsequent video.

Once, when he learned the daughter was with a boy her age, he stuck clothes pins through her skin and tore them off with a rope.

He also stockpiled weapons at the family’s compound — located near Evansburg — and trained his children in their use as part of their home schooling. The man put on military airs, expressing pride in his children’s martial abilities and comparing them to a special forces unit.