Smithfield man called “cancer” on society for abusing children
A Smithfield man was deemed a sexually violent predator and called a “cancer” on society by a Fayette County judge on Wednesday.
John Zack, 37, was also ordered to serve a total of three to six years in prison for two counts of indecent assault involving a boy, now 7, and a girl, now 9, over a two-year period in Georges Township.
President Judge Gerald R. Solomon imposed the maximum sentence of 1 ½ to 3 years for each count, and told Zack that the abuse “violated the sacred trust children have in adults.”
“These children looked up to you. … Apparently they loved you and respected you. In turn you violated them,” Solomon said. “This court cannot imagine a more heinous crime than violating the trust of children.”
Solomon told Zack that he wished that he could undo the damage he did to the children he was convicted of molesting. Since he could not, Solomon said he would sentence to the maximum term allowed.
“You, sir, are a cancer on our society. We cannot cure you. We cannot change you. But like a cancer, we can excise you from the body of our society and incarcerate you,” the jurist said.
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