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Long Prison Term for US Missionary Who Sexually Abused Child in Haiti

by VOA News

   A U.S. missionary will spend 23 years in prison for sexually abusing a
   child in Haiti.
   James Arbaugh pleaded guilty in February and was sentenced by a federal
   judge in western Virginia Monday.
   Arbaugh lived in Haiti for about 15 years as a Mennonite missionary,
   visiting children in small towns and villages.
   He admitted inappropriately touching a 12-year-old child in 2016.
   "James Arbaugh was a wolf in sheep's clothing," Assistant Attorney
   General Brian Benczkowski said in a Justice Department statement on
   Monday. "He posed as a selfless missionary when in reality he was
   exploiting his position to prey on and sexually abuse vulnerable
   children in one of the most impoverished areas of the word."