The American founder of an orphanage in Haiti pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to new federal charges accusing him of traveling from Miami to the island and sexually assaulting four underage boys under his care more than a decade ago. But during his detention hearing in Miami federal court, a prosecutor said Michael Karl Geilenfeld […]
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Prosecutors ask Miami judge to detain Haiti orphanage founder accused of sexual abuse
Federal prosecutors have filed an appeal with a Miami judge seeking to overturn a Denver court’s decision that allowed an American man accused of sexually abusing boys at a Haitian orphanage to be sent to a halfway house until trial. Earlier this month, Magistrate Judge Scott Varholak in Colorado denied a request by federal prosecutors […]
American missionary, founder of Haitian orphanage accused of sexually abusing 4 young boys
An American man who founded an orphanage in Haiti in 1985 forced four young boys who lived in the Port-au-Prince facility to engage in sexual activity with him, a federal prosecutor said Friday. Michael Geilenfeld, 71, was indicted in Florida earlier this month on charges of child sexual abuse. Federal prosecutors accuse the St. Joseph’s […]
Haiti orphanage founder charged with having sex with minors had support from Raleigh
A U.S. man who founded an orphanage in Haiti once supported by Triangle residents was charged Monday with traveling from Florida to the Caribbean country to have sex with underage children after spending a decade dodging accusations that he abused minors in his care. Michael Karl Geilenfeld, 71, who was arrested Saturday in Denver, had […]
American founder of orphanage in Haiti is charged with having sex with minors
A U.S. man who founded an orphanage in Haiti was charged Monday with traveling from Miami to the Caribbean country to have sex with underage children after spending over a decade dodging accusations that he abused minors in his care. Michael Karl Geilenfeld, 71, who was arrested Saturday in Denver, had even won a multimillion-dollar […]