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Parents: All Haitian 'orphans' had relatives
Updated: Feb 21, 2010 2:04 AM EST
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI (AP) - Not one of the 33 children a U.S. Baptist group tried to remove from Haiti is an orphan, The Associated Press has learned.
During a visit Saturday to a rubble-riddled slum where 13 of the children lived, residents told the AP that each one of the youngsters was given away by a parent or close relative.
Their testimony echoes that of residents in the mountain town of Callabas, outside the capital of Port-au-Prince.
Parents there told the AP on Feb. 3 that desperation and blind faith led them to hand over 20 children to the religious Americans who promised them a better life.
That contradicts statements from the missionaries' jailed leader, Laura Silsby, who has said all of the children were orphans or came from distant relatives.
originally posted by: Watcher777
Thought I would bump this for anyone interested...there is a lot of good information.
originally posted by: UmbraSumus
A scapegoat for what/whom exactly ?
Thanks for laying out the details of the story .