“We are seeking consecutive (sentences),” she told the court. “Justice demands it; the defendant’s actions demand it.”

She said nothing is going to cure the broken hearts of the children as they endured fear and pain.

Asked by the judge if he had any comment, Cook softly replied, “No, sir.”

Miller said his chief concern with sentencing was the public’s safety. “Fewer acts or crimes are worse than these,” he added. He told Cook that he also had to think of the safety of the young victims. “He committed serious sex acts over a long period of time,” said Miller, noting those children were under his care.

“The children have suffered severely as a result of his sex acts,” the judge continued. The acts were for Cook’s “selfish, sex desires” and the children have been significantly harmed, he said. “The children must know the defendant will not be accessible to them for many years,” he concluded.

Miller’s sentence was a combination of concurrent and consecutive terms. Had they all been consecutive, Cook could have received 425 years in prison and a fine of $325,000.

Cook received concurrent sentences for:

n Three counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse.

n The second set of three counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse.

n Two counts of rape.

n Two counts of criminal solicitation, stemming from an incident in which he solicited the children to perform sex acts with each other.

n Three counts of criminal attempts to commit rape.

n One count of indecent assault.

Each of the concurrent sentences was consecutive to the others.