US EditionEx-missionary from Ohio charged with sexually abusing 4 children in Haiti
Jeriah Mast abused minors in Haiti on at least four trips between 2002 and 2019, facing up to 30 years and a $250,000 fine if convicted, officials said.
- On Tuesday, a federal grand jury indicted Jeriah Mast, former missionary, on four counts of illicit sexual conduct related to Haiti after his Nov. 5 arrest.
- Authorities say Mast traveled more than 30 times to Haiti, many trips linked to Christian Aid Ministries, and a 2019 Holmes County indictment preceded federal scrutiny.
- Mast admitted to molesting about 30 children in Haiti over about 15 years in interviews and confessed to a local detective and FBI agent, naming victims from at least four occasions.
- If convicted, Mast faces up to 30 years in federal prison, a $250,000 fine, and possible lifetime supervised release; he is arraigned Thursday in federal court in Cleveland and represented by a public defender.
- Christian Aid Ministries responded by placing two managers on leave, making staffing changes, and pledging updated training after reports they knew of Mast's 2013 confession but kept him in the mission field, advocates said victims face pressure not to seek outside prosecution.
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Jeriah Mast, a former Christian Aid Ministries worker, faces new federal charges for alleged unlawful sexual conduct against minors
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Ex-missionary from Ohio charged with sexually abusing 4 children in Haiti
A former missionary with an Ohio-based ministry has been indicted on federal charges of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with four different minors in Haiti over multiple years.
Ex-missionary indicted on 4 counts of 'illicit sexual conduct' with minors in Haiti
A former Ohio missionary has been indicted on four counts of “illicit sexual conduct” with minors while in Haiti, having previously been convicted of similar crimes years earlier. #Haiti #missionary #JeriahMast #ChristianAidMinistries #DOJ
Ohio Missionary Used Aid Trips To Haiti To Abuse Minors For Nearly Two Decades
A federal grand jury in the Northern District of Ohio has indicted a Millersburg man on charges that he traveled to Haiti repeatedly over a 17-year period to engage in illicit sexual conduct with minors. Jeriah Mast, 44, was charged Tuesday with four counts of engaging in illicit sexual conduct in foreign places. According to […] Ohio Missionary Used Aid Trips To Haiti To Abuse Minors For Nearly Two Decades
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