American church group arrested on Haitian border accused of abducting children

published on February 1, 2010

Ten members of an American Baptist Church are to appear in a Haitian court this morning after being accused of running an illegal adoption scheme.

The group from Idaho said that they were carrying out a rescue mission and had accompanied more than 30 children as part of a plan to take at least 100 orphans out of Port-au-Prince to an orphanage that they run in the neighbouring Dominican Republic.

It was claimed last night that most of the children had living relatives and did not appear to know where they were going.

A government official described the group’s action as an “abduction”.

Read Full report Here

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7009970.ece?print=yes&randnum=1264992991834

 

Welcome to Haindava Keralam! Register for Free or Login as a privileged HK member to enjoy auto-approval of your comments and to receive periodic updates.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

 characters available

five + thirteen =

Responses

Latest Articles from World Focus

Did You Know?