10 American baptist missionaries who were previously accused of trying to take 33 Haitian children out of Haiti without proper authorization are now being given an additional charge of "organizing irregular travel". 9 of the accused have already been released on bail and have left the country. What the 10 missionaries are charged with according to this article is :
– Criminal association, 3-15 years;
– Kidnapping of a minor, 3-9 years;
– Organizing irregular travel, 3-6 years.
The main leader of the group has said that the parents were orphaned but CNN found out that 20 of the children had at least one living parent. The parents said that they thought putting their children in the care of the missionaries would give them a better life. Apparently, the group planned to keep the children in a hotel in the Dominican Republic and then later in an orphanage.
I think that this is a very confusing situation. I don't understand why the missionaries would take the children just to put them in an orphanage. I would understand if maybe the orphanage they planned to put the children in was a better place for the children to stay then the current situation that they are in. In which case, why wouldn't Haiti let the group take the children? It doesn't make sense to me why Haiti won't let people take the children in order to provide them with a better life. I'm not sure if they do now or not, but they should make a system that makes sense and is easy for people who have good intentions of taking the children and helping them. Although, I don't think that they should just ship the children off with whoever wants them. They need a better system of communication.
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/12/haitian-judge-files-additional-charge-against-missionaries/
– Criminal association, 3-15 years;
– Kidnapping of a minor, 3-9 years;
– Organizing irregular travel, 3-6 years.
The main leader of the group has said that the parents were orphaned but CNN found out that 20 of the children had at least one living parent. The parents said that they thought putting their children in the care of the missionaries would give them a better life. Apparently, the group planned to keep the children in a hotel in the Dominican Republic and then later in an orphanage.
I think that this is a very confusing situation. I don't understand why the missionaries would take the children just to put them in an orphanage. I would understand if maybe the orphanage they planned to put the children in was a better place for the children to stay then the current situation that they are in. In which case, why wouldn't Haiti let the group take the children? It doesn't make sense to me why Haiti won't let people take the children in order to provide them with a better life. I'm not sure if they do now or not, but they should make a system that makes sense and is easy for people who have good intentions of taking the children and helping them. Although, I don't think that they should just ship the children off with whoever wants them. They need a better system of communication.
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/12/haitian-judge-files-additional-charge-against-missionaries/
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