Father-of-two will NOT go to prison despite admitting that he repeatedly molested his cancer-stricken daughter
- Jeremy Schwer, 41, from Indiana, was sentenced to 12 years' probation in molestation case
- Schwer was arrested last year after his daughter, then 6, told her mother she touched her dad's 'peepeeluca' - the family's word for genitals
- The girl later revealed Schwer also touched her 'peepeeluca' and made her sit on his 'cat tail'
- Schwer's estranged wife asked the judge to keep him out of prison so he could support his children financially
- Court records state molestation began after Schwer's eldest daughter was diagnosed with rare brain tumor
- Victim said her father would touch her every time he spent the night in her hospital room
A father-of-two from Indiana has been spared prison time at the request of his estranged wife after pleading guilty to repeatedly molesting their cancer-stricken daughter.
Jeremy Schwer, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to 12 years' probation on Tuesday after entering a guilty plea to charges of felony child molestation.
As part of his sentence, 41-year-old Schwer will have to register as a sex offender, move out of his family's home and enter a counselling program.
Jeremy Schwer (left and right), of Indianapolis, was sentenced to 12 years' probation after pleading guilty to molesting his seven-year-old daughter, who is battling brain cancer (pictured with her dad right)
Vulnerable victim: Court records indicate the molestation began after Schwer's eldest daughter was diagnosed with a rare brain tumor. This image shows the father feeding the girl in the hospital
Schwer and his wife of eight years have two children together, a seven-year-old and a three-year-old (the family are pictured above)
The prosecution had been seeking a nine-year prison sentence for Schwer, followed by three years' probation, but the man's wife asked a judge to keep him out of prison so that he could support their two children financially.
Schwer was arrested in 2015 after his wife of eight years contacted the Indiana Department of Child Services saying that their daughter, then six years old, told her she had touched her father's 'peepeeluca' - the family's word for genitals, reported the Indianapolis Star.
When interviewed by caseworkers, the little girl revealed that her father also touched her 'peepeeluca' and made her sit on his 'cat tail'.
According to court records, Jeremy Schwer began fondling his eldest daughter after she was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor in 2013. Schwer and his wife, who is a native of Nepal, also have a younger daughter.
In 2013, the Schwer family learned that their oldest daughter had a malignant growth on her brain (pictured left in a scan). Later that year, the child (pictured right with her father in hospital) underwent a surgery to remove most of it
The young victim said her father instructed her not to tell anyone about what was happening between them, or he would be sent to jail, according to court documents.
The child eventually spoke out about the molestation, telling her mother that Schwer would touch her privates every night he slept in her bed at St Jude's Children's Hospital in Memphis, where she has been undergoing cancer treatment.
Deputy Prosecutor Courtney Curtis on Tuesday said she disagrees with Schwer's lenient sentence but understands why the presiding judge chose to listen to the mother's plea to keep her estranged husband out of prison.
‘This is the most horrific circumstance of a child molest case that I’ve ever seen,’ Curtis said after the sentencing hearing.
Schwer's defense attorney said in court his client is determined to dedicate the rest of his life to supporting his two daughters.
Disturbing facts: The little girl, pictured in her hospital bed next to her mom, later revealed that her dad touched her 'peepeeluca' and made her sit on his 'cat tail'
Schwer's now-estranged wife asked the judge to keep Schwer (left) out of prison so that he cold help support the victim (right) and her young sister financially
An article written about the family in Nuvo.net mentions that Schwer had been working as a 3D rendering artist. His lawyer said he was fired from his job after his arrest last year, and that he had been unemployed until two weeks ago.
Schwer's oldest daughter underwent a surgery back in September 2013 to remove 95 per cent of the cancerous tumor from her brain, and as of last summer, there has been no tumor growth. The child continues to receive treatment at the Memphis hospital for her illness.
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