US man charged with sexually abusing Haitian boys

[Judi Lynn]

Source: BBC News

24 June 2011 Last updated at 15:50 ET
US man charged with sexually abusing Haitian boys

A US man who ran a centre for impoverished boys in Haiti has been charged over claims that he forced them to perform sex acts for food and shelter, prosecutors have said.

Matthew Andrew Carter, who operated the Morning Star Center, has been charged with four counts of child sex tourism.

Investigators said the 66-year-old "preyed upon" impoverished boys and performed acts that "defy belief".

Mr Carter was arrested in Miami on 8 May and pleaded not guilty on Thursday.

Mr Carter, who also went by the names William Charles Harcourt and Bill Carter, had operated the Morning Star Center in Port-au-Prince since the mid-1990s and lived there with Haitian boys, according to court documents.



Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13912441

[MineralMan]

1. Truly ugly stuff.

[notadmblnd]

2. Rush Limbaugh took a trip to Haiti?

[niyad]

4. that was my first thought

[lbrtbell]

5. DAMN! You beat me to it!

:rofl:

[Kelvin Mace]

6. Interesting

that Limbaugh's name popped up immediately in so many minds, isn't it?

[KansDem]

7. Wasn't it the Dominican Republic?

JULY 6--Rush Limbaugh was traveling with four other men--including the producers of the hit show '24'--when he was detained over a mislabeled bottle of Viagra found in his luggage during a Customs search. A Department of Homeland security passenger manifest shows that Limbaugh and his four buddies flew from the Dominican Republic on a Gulfstream IV jet owned by Premiere Radio Networks, which syndicates his radio program. Limbaugh returned to Palm Beach, Florida on June 26 with Joel Surnow, '24''s co-creator and executive producer and Howard Gordon, another of the Fox hit's executive producers (Hollywood agent Jeffrey Benson was also part of the Limbaugh quintet). With all those guys in tow, it is unclear what Limbaugh needed with those 29 100mg Viagra pills. The passenger manifest was among several documents released today by the Palm Beach County State's Attorney in response to a TSG open records request. Included in the material released were a copy of the handwritten statement Limbaugh provided investigators after he was detained upon the discovery of the impotency drug. An affidavit sworn three days later by Limbaugh was also released. In that document, Limbaugh explains that the Viagra 'was intended for my exclusive use' and that the drug had been prescribed in the name of his drug treatment doctor, Steven Strumwasser, 'to further maintain and protect my privacy.'

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on edit:

[niyad]

9. some of us were wondering if he had gone to haiti as well

[classysassy]

13. Limbaugh tip toeing through the tulips

[EFerrari]

3. The US policy of hollowing out Haiti's government

makes Haitians sitting ducks for these predators.

[DeSwiss]

12. +1000

:thumbsup:

[JI7]

8. does anyone know if there is any oversight over these groups that set up these places

in Haiti and other poor countries ? i always find these countries are full of americans(and maybe other foreigners) who are there to help the country but not much seems to be getting done.

[dipsydoodle]

10. Return him to Haiti

and then shoot the fucker.

[nichomachus]

11. And the Vatican was just about to name him a cardinal

Heaven knows he has the credentials.

[lpbk2713]

14. Limbaugh's honeymoon must be over.

That was my first thought until I read further.