Judge orders a Louisiana child rapist who attacked a pre-teen girl to be chemically castrated

A convicted child molester has been slapped with a sentence of chemical castration after admitting to raping a young girl earlier this month — as well as 35 years in prison.

Ryan Clark, 34, of Louisiana, was hit with the harsh sentence by the state’s 21st court on Tuesday after prosecutors said he pleaded guilty to charges of second-degree rape, assault of a minor and sexual assault on March 1.

The name of Clark’s victim was not released due to her age, but documents submitted during the proceedings of the case confirmed that the girl was under 13 at the time of the crimes, which witnesses said had been committed for more than a year. committed.

The chemical injections, Judge Brian Ables wrote, must be given a week before the sex fiend is released — which will be 2048 at the earliest when he is paroled.

A somewhat controversial process, chemical castration refers to a series of injections of a drug that rapidly lowers a man’s testosterone levels.

The treatment is only legal in nine states and has been allowed in Louisiana since 2008 when then-Governor Bobby Jindal signed the bill to pass it into law.

That said, the trial is reserved for the state’s worst sex offenders — those convicted of crimes such as molestation of a minor, aggravated rape, forced rape and aggravated incest.

In that category falls Clark, who had previously been arrested in 2015 for “knowing” an unrelated underage sexual act – a charge that was considered a felony at the time, despite its inherent depravity.

It also saw Clark, who will only receive sex offender status after serving his new sentence, has been given a 128-day bid in Tangipahoa Parish Jail.

Now facing a much longer stay at a state-level facility after pleading guilty to all charges filed against him on March 1, Clark may also have assaulted a second victim, prosecutors said — though details of either incident were not released. disclosed by the local prosecutors. office, probably because of the age of those involved.

However, the Tangipahoa Parish DA revealed that an investigation culminating in Clark’s July 2020 arrest took place during just two weeks of that same month after deputies were made aware of the incidents between Clark and a minor.

The chemical injections, Judge Brian Ables wrote, must be given a week before the sex fiend is released — which will be 2048 at the earliest when Clark is paroled

The treatment is only legal in nine states and has been allowed in Louisiana since 2008 when then-Governor Bobby Jindal signed the bill to pass it into law. He left office in 2016

DA Scott Perrilloux said the office at the time received a tip about “inappropriate behavior” between Clark and the unidentified minor by a person the victim had confided in,

The person, also unnamed, told authorities the behavior had been going on for more than a year. Authorities would begin investigating the allegations and before discovering another potential victim, they would arrest Clark at his home in Kentwood on July 17, 2020.

Perriloux’s office added that prior to the arrest, Clark’s only confirmed victim was interviewed at the Children’s Advocacy Center in Hammond, where she gave police statements about the alleged incidents at the time.

The statements, as well as the police investigation, served not only to arrest Clark, but also to accept a plea deal in which he took his crimes for a lenient sentence.

Now, after two years of talking about the fate of the repeat offenders, legal experts have opted to hold Clark accountable with the aforementioned 35-year sentence – 25 of which will be served without the possibility of parole.

While still being handed down, Judge Ables’ worst punishment will likely come when that time is up – when an outgoing Clark will be subjected to the controversial medical injections.

Clark has also previously been arrested for “knowing” an unrelated underage sexual act in 2015 – a charge that was deemed a felony despite its inherent depravity. It also saw the hit with a 128-day bid in the Tangipahoa Parish Jail (seen here)

The injections of the little-known drug medroxyprogesterone acetate will suppress the ex-convicts’ sex drive to the point where it no longer exists.

The injections must be given at least a week before a convicted sex offender is released from prison, according to the 2008 bill that legalized surgical castration in Bayou state.

That bill was drafted by Senator Nick Gautreaux and then passed by Republican Jindal, who resigned from office in 2016.

The goal of the treatments, officials said at the time, is to permanently reduce the perpetrator’s sexual fantasies while reducing their sexual impulses, thus preventing future crimes.

While the therapy isn’t necessarily handed out in all sexual abuse classes, in Clark’s case it was considered effective punishment and was part of his deal with local prosecutors.

DA Scott Perrilloux said his office became aware of Clark’s crimes after receiving a tip about “inappropriate behavior” between him and the unidentified minor by a person the victim had confided in

Clark’s punishment, which begins immediately, is somewhat rare due to chemical castration is typically a prerequisite for early release.

That said, it’s not clear if Clark’s deal with prosecutors includes charges related to the second “possible” victim, or if part of the deal involves police dropping any further investigation into other possible crimes.

No additional details about his crimes have been released.

DailyMail.com has contacted Perrilloux’s office for comment.