Sentencing Delay for Dansville Pastor Angers...

By Jane Flasch
WHAM
January 31, 2015

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It is the first time they have faced the foster care provider who admitted having sexual contact with their five-year-old child. Thursday, the girl's biological parents left a Livingston County courtroom frustrated that the proceeding to send Alan Fox to prison never happened. "I was frustrated and disgusted," said James, who is the girl's father. 13WHAM News is not using his last name to protect the identity of his child. The mother of the girl, who is now six years old, was also in court. The family said they were ignored when they first reported suspicions of the abuse which the child described during a visitation last spring. This court delay adds to their frustration with a legal system that has not kept them informed. Fox pleaded guilty to forcible touching. On Thursday, he was walked over from the Livingston County Jail where he was allowed to check himself in earlier this month. This move allows him to shorten the time he will spend in state prison. None of this makes any sense to the victim's family. "He's hurting a big family and people that love her. We're all hurting right now," said Stacy Youst-Stillen, a woman who knows the victim. The proceeding was delayed because paperwork from the probation department was not available in time to give defense attorneys 24 hours to review it. The delay was allowed even though the sentence had already been worked out as part of a plea deal. "It seems like he's always getting the benefit of the doubt in some way, shape or form," said James. "I'm not happy with it and I'm not happy with the sentence he's going to get." Fox will spend just over a year in state prison - minus the month he has already spend for the early check in to the county jail. Sentencing has been rescheduled for Friday morning.