Haiti police say US missionary detained following sex abuse allegations at orphanage
Authorities said Thomas Osbeck lacked paperwork to run the orphanage and that Haitian officials found at least 12 minors at the site.
- On Wednesday, Haitian police detained U.S. missionary Thomas Osbeck in Cap-Haitien following allegations of child abuse at an illegal orphanage.
- Police spokesperson Arold Jean stated Osbeck lacked the required paperwork to operate the facility, where authorities found at least 12 minors.
- Osbeck was detained nearly two weeks after U.S. authorities charged Maylon Foshee of Mansfield, Louisiana with sexually abusing minors during mission trips to Haiti.
- Jean expects Osbeck to be extradited to the United States, though his legal representation remains unclear. On Friday, an Associated Press journalist was barred from visiting him in jail.
- Last year, a Miami jury convicted Michael Geilenfeld of sexually abusing boys at an orphanage he founded in Port-au-Prince, establishing a pattern of abuse allegations at Haitian orphanages.
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Haiti police say US missionary detained following sex ...
PUERTO PRINCIPE, Haiti (AP) — An American missionary accused of running an illegal orphanage in Haiti was arrested for allegations of child abuse, Haitian police told The Associated Press on Friday.
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Haiti police say US missionary detained following sex abuse allegations at orphanage
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A U.S. missionary accused of running an illegal orphanage in Haiti has been detained over allegations of child abuse, Haitian police told The Associated Press on Friday.
Port-au-Prince (AP.- Thomas Osbeck, an American missionary accused of running an illegal orphanage in Haiti was arrested for allegations of child abuse, the Haitian police told The Associated Press. Arold Jean, spokesman for the Cape Haitian police department, indicated that United States authorities arrested Thomas Osbeck there. He did not identify [...]
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