MIAMI (AP) — Ten members of the U.S. Senate have asked the State Department to pressure the Haitian government into closing an orphanage where several children being adopted by American families have been victims of alleged sexual abuse.
The letter said “multiple” children at the Foyer Notre Dame de la Nativite orphanage on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince tested positive for the sexually transmitted infection chlamydia and reported that they had been victims of abuse.
More >> US senators seek to close Haiti orphanage amid abuse claims
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Saturday, February 03, 2018
Monday, November 20, 2017
How traffickers exploit children in Haiti's orphanages
There are at least 30,000 children living in orphanages in Haiti. It is a staggering number for a country of 10 million people, but perhaps even more shocking, most of them are not orphans.
The government estimates 80 percent of the children living in orphanages have at least one living parent.
More >> How traffickers exploit children in Haiti's orphanages
Thursday, September 14, 2017
No Foster Kids 4 U - LK Report for 9/14/17
Here are today's headlines.
Check back later. You never know when I might update this post.
The Pennsylvania auditor general says the state’s child welfare system is broken.
Eugene DePasquale released a special report Thursday that took aim at the system by the numbers.
“What I found for my ‘State of the Child’ special report is appalling,” DePasquale said. “I’m talking about wholesale system breakdowns that actually prevent (Children and Youth Services) caseworkers from protecting our children from abuse and neglect.”
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The state DCS rejected her after she admitted she was a registered caregiver under the state's medical-marijuana law and kept a product in her home that contained cannabidol (CBD), a non-psychoactive compound that's found in cannabis.
Yet the product, along with all other forms of cannabis, is perfectly legal for qualified users and caregivers under the state's voter-approved, 2010 medical-marijuana law.
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A south Arkansas mother whose 3-year-old drowned in a washing machine should not have had to surrender her newborn to the state months after an accident based on her "mindset," the Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday.
More >> Arkansas judges overturn neglect case involving mother whose 3-year-old drowned in washing machine
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MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Milwaukee city planners are pushing forward with an idea to use tiny homes to help teens aging out of foster care.
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Hoping to combat the high cost of incarceration and break the cycle of children following their parents to prison, some cities have created programs to keep women out of jail and with their children.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – When kids have no place to go, families across the state open up their homes. However, as KRQE News discovered on Special Assignment, the need outweighs what’s actually available.
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It looks like Teen Mom 2 star Jenelle Evans just can’t escape the custody battles these days. Since it was alleged that the reality star and her newborn daughter Ensley tested positive for marijuana, a new report has surfaced saying that Jenelle’s mother Barbara Evans has banned her daughter from seeing Jace, whom she has custody of.
Note: Usually it would be CPS that makes that decision. In this case, grandma is playing God.
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The foster brother who allegedly had a sexual relationship with slain Logan schoolgirl Tiahleigh Palmer is set to be sentenced at a Queensland court.
Trent Thorburn, 20, is due to face the Beenleigh District Court on Thursday on charges of perjury, attempting to pervert the course of justice and incest.
- Tiahleigh's foster brother sentenced
- Tiahleigh Palmer: foster brother sentenced to four years, including for incest
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Seattle Mayor Ed Murray announced his resignation Tuesday. It comes after a man purporting to be Murray's cousin stepped forward claiming Murray sexually abused him in the mid-1970s when he was a boy.
- These are the 5 men who have accused Seattle Mayor Ed Murray of child sexual abuse
- Timeline of child sex-abuse allegations against Mayor Murray
- Bombarded by Sex Abuse Claims, Seattle Mayor Now Accused by His Own Cousin
- With Ed Murray mess behind us, time to focus on child abuse
- Ed Murray: Sex abuse claim US mayor's time in Northern Ireland 'should be probed'
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Widlene Earle has never been to Canada, but she calls the country home and holds it in high regard because of its warm welcomes, cold snow and its eternal connection to Justin Bieber.
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(NEWSER) – A Maryland couple whose YouTube prank videos garnered them accusations of child abuse were sentenced to five years probation on child neglect charges Monday, BuzzFeed reports. Michael and Heather Martin entered a plea to avoid jail time, admitting the state had enough to convict them without actually admitting guilt. The Martins' YouTube channel, DaddyOFive, featured hundreds of videos of them "pranking" their five children, according to the Frederick News-Post. Prosecutors singled out one video showing Heather screaming obscenities at a crying 10-year-old Cody—their youngest child—after falsely accusing him of pouring ink on the carpet and another video where Cody is falsely told he is no longer going to live with them.
More >> Parents Sentenced for Child Neglect Over YouTube Videos
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In February 2015, Rebecca Wanosik took her then nine-week-old daughter Zeydn to the pediatrician. She was looking for answers for Zeydn’s seemingly inexplicable right arm pain. Instead, that one visit would end up turning her life upside down.
More >> MOM FIGHTS BACK AFTER BABY’S RARE GENETIC CONDITION WAS MISTAKEN FOR CHILD ABUSE
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Prosecutors said there was no evidence of crimes being committed at an orphanage where at least 400 children are thought to have been buried in an unmarked mass grave.
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A growing number of parents say their children have been unfairly taken from them and adopted, lawyers and campaigners said today.
There are more than 100 cases where children have been adopted without sufficient evidence they are at risk from their birth parents, according to the BBC.
Wednesday, June 28, 2017
Haiti orphanages hotspot of child trafficking, abuse, says charity
Children living in hundreds of orphanages in Haiti suffer sexual and physical abuse and some are trafficked into orphanages for profit, according to a charity founded by "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling.
More >> Haiti orphanages hotspot of child trafficking, abuse, says charity
More >> Haiti orphanages hotspot of child trafficking, abuse, says charity
Friday, November 06, 2015
Haiti officials shut down boys' orphanage founded by US man amid molestation allegations
Haiti officials shut down boys' orphanage founded by US man amid molestation allegations
Haitian authorities on Thursday closed an orphanage for boys founded three decades ago by a U.S. citizen facing accusations he sexually abused children in his care.
Haitian authorities on Thursday closed an orphanage for boys founded three decades ago by a U.S. citizen facing accusations he sexually abused children in his care.
Saturday, October 31, 2015
Haiti officials looking into new allegations of sex abuse against US man who founded orphanage
Haiti officials looking into new allegations of sex abuse against US man who founded orphanage
Haitian investigators say they're looking into new allegations of sex abuse against a U.S. man who founded an orphanage for boys.
Haitian investigators say they're looking into new allegations of sex abuse against a U.S. man who founded an orphanage for boys.
Friday, July 24, 2015
Jury: Maine activist defamed Haiti orphanage founder with child sexual abuse allegations
A Maine activist who publicized sexual abuse accusations against a Haiti orphanage founder defamed the man and a U.S. charity, a federal jury ruled Thursday, awarding them more than $14 million combined in damages.
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Orphanage founder describes imprisonment in Haiti at defamation trial in Portland
Orphanage founder describes imprisonment in Haiti at defamation trial in Portland
Orphanage founder Michael Geilenfeld describes the first cell where he was kept during his 237 days in a Haitian prison as “my picture of hell.”
Orphanage founder Michael Geilenfeld describes the first cell where he was kept during his 237 days in a Haitian prison as “my picture of hell.”
Monday, July 13, 2015
Orphanage founder testifies at Freeport man’s defamation trial, ‘I never sexually abused children’
Orphanage founder testifies at Freeport man’s defamation trial, ‘I never sexually abused children’
Michael Geilenfeld, the founder of an orphanage for boys in Haiti, said he had never heard of Paul Kendrick before he got an email from him in 2011 accusing him of abuse.
Michael Geilenfeld, the founder of an orphanage for boys in Haiti, said he had never heard of Paul Kendrick before he got an email from him in 2011 accusing him of abuse.
Tuesday, July 07, 2015
Defamation trial involving Maine man, former head of orphanages set to start
Defamation trial involving Maine man, former head of orphanages set to start
A civil trial set to begin Monday could justify claims that a former Catholic brother in Haiti sexually abused orphans for years or prove that a zealous advocate for victims of clergy sexual abuse has been defaming Michael Geilenfeld so vehemently that he was wrongfully imprisoned for 237 days.
A civil trial set to begin Monday could justify claims that a former Catholic brother in Haiti sexually abused orphans for years or prove that a zealous advocate for victims of clergy sexual abuse has been defaming Michael Geilenfeld so vehemently that he was wrongfully imprisoned for 237 days.
Thursday, June 25, 2015
Thousands of children are living in orphanages in Haiti - but not because they are orphans
Thousands of children are living in orphanages in Haiti - but not because they are orphans
Thirty-two thousand children are languishing unnecessarily in 760 orphanages in Haiti. At least 80 per cent of these children have one or two living parents who want them, but have no access to health, education or social services in the community.
Thirty-two thousand children are languishing unnecessarily in 760 orphanages in Haiti. At least 80 per cent of these children have one or two living parents who want them, but have no access to health, education or social services in the community.
Monday, May 11, 2015
Haiti fixes adoption system, but some fear too few adopted
Haiti fixes adoption system, but some fear too few adopted
Anne-Marie Saintou walks with a megaphone along the dusty lanes of a Haitian fishing village, imploring people not to make the same mistake she did.
Anne-Marie Saintou walks with a megaphone along the dusty lanes of a Haitian fishing village, imploring people not to make the same mistake she did.
Saturday, September 20, 2014
Missionary in Haiti, arrested on abuse charges, stirs strong emotions in Triangle and beyond
Missionary in Haiti, arrested on abuse charges, stirs strong emotions in Triangle and beyond
The competing portraits of Michael Geilenfeld that his friends and enemies have painted for years could scarcely be more different.
The competing portraits of Michael Geilenfeld that his friends and enemies have painted for years could scarcely be more different.
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Orphanage founder’s arrest in Haiti could delay defamation lawsuit in Maine
Orphanage founder’s arrest in Haiti could delay defamation lawsuit in Maine
Michael Geilenfeld, 62, was accused by Paul Kendrick of Freeport of sexually abusing boys at the St. Joseph’s Home for Boys in Port-au-Prince.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Haiti judge says US citizen and her Haitian mother face child-trafficking charges
Haiti judge says US citizen and her Haitian mother face child-trafficking charges
A U.S. citizen and her Haitian mother face child-trafficking charges after they were caught carrying thousands of dollars in cash and running an adoption agency without a license, a Haitian official said Tuesday.
A U.S. citizen and her Haitian mother face child-trafficking charges after they were caught carrying thousands of dollars in cash and running an adoption agency without a license, a Haitian official said Tuesday.
Friday, November 30, 2012
Haiti to overhaul adoption laws to protect its children, curb child trafficking and neglect
Haiti to overhaul adoption laws to protect its children, curb child trafficking and neglect
Haiti is overhauling its adoption laws for the first time in nearly 40 years in an attempt to end practices that have allowed thousands of children to be trafficked out of the country or suffer from neglect as they languish in squalid orphanages.
Haiti is overhauling its adoption laws for the first time in nearly 40 years in an attempt to end practices that have allowed thousands of children to be trafficked out of the country or suffer from neglect as they languish in squalid orphanages.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Alleged child abuse by UN police in Haiti investigated
Alleged child abuse by UN police in Haiti investigated
The UN is investigating two new allegations of UN police abuse and "sexual exploitation" of children in Haiti, spokesman Martin Nesirky said Monday.
The UN is investigating two new allegations of UN police abuse and "sexual exploitation" of children in Haiti, spokesman Martin Nesirky said Monday.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Haitian Police Raid Orphanage for Abuse and Neglect
Haitian Police Raid Orphanage for Abuse and Neglect
The Director of the Institute of Social Welfare, Jeanne Bernard Pierre and Commissioner Jean Gardy Muscadin, headed of the brigade of police to protect minors at the Son of God orphanage where children were found neglected as its leaders systematically diverted the aid received.
The Director of the Institute of Social Welfare, Jeanne Bernard Pierre and Commissioner Jean Gardy Muscadin, headed of the brigade of police to protect minors at the Son of God orphanage where children were found neglected as its leaders systematically diverted the aid received.
Friday, October 21, 2011
Haiti Closes Orphanage for Child Neglect
Haiti Closes Orphanage for Child Neglect
Haitian authorities have closed an orphanage outside the capital following complaints of neglect and abuse from U.S. missionaries working in the troubled country.
Haitian authorities have closed an orphanage outside the capital following complaints of neglect and abuse from U.S. missionaries working in the troubled country.
Monday, March 21, 2011
For-Profit Orphanages Keep Haitian Families Apart
For-Profit Orphanages Keep Haitian Families Apart
Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- "Stop reunifying children with their families!"
These were the words that greeted me when I arrived at work one morning a few months ago, from the director of a Port-au-Prince orphanage, furious at me for doing my job: tracing the relatives of children separated from their families.
Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- "Stop reunifying children with their families!"
These were the words that greeted me when I arrived at work one morning a few months ago, from the director of a Port-au-Prince orphanage, furious at me for doing my job: tracing the relatives of children separated from their families.
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