Feds: Former Peace Corps Volunteer From Connecticut Molested Girls [View All]

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Source: Hartford Courant

A former Peace Corps volunteer has been arrested on federal charges of sexually abusing young girls while serving in South Africa at a center that helped AIDS victims.

Jesse Osmun, of Milford, molested up to five children as young as age 5, some multiple times, and gave them candy, prosecutors said in court.

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Osmun, 31, was arrested Thursday and charged with engaging in illicit sexual conduct in foreign places. His attorney, federal public defender Sarah Merriam, declined to comment.

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Osmun initially denied any misconduct but later admitted that he had molested children and provided a written confession, according to the criminal complaint. He admitted that he engaged in sexual contact with three girls under age 6 for about a year, including one girl twice a week for about five months, authorities said.

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