A “pastor” married a 10 year-old girl in the hopes that it would legally allow him to continue having creepy illegal sex with her. It didn’t, though it did a great job providing the girl with the first ever My Little Pony engagement ring.

A self-described pastor who hoped his “marriage” to a 10-year-old girl he took to bed would convince a judge to acquit him on a sexual assault charge was sentenced to five years in prison on Monday.

Daniel Cormier, who was convicted last October following a lengthy trial, has a maximum of 49 months left behind bars because of time already served.

“I would say that there’s no remorse,” Crown prosecutor Anne-Andree Charette said outside the courtroom. “He just tried to find justifications.”

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