Man charged with child sex abuse in Peace Corps

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

August 5, 2011 3:17 PM
Man charged with child sex abuse in Peace Corps

(CBS/AP) NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The Peace Corps said Friday that a former volunteer's alleged sexual abuse of young girls in South Africa is "reprehensible" and the agency supports the vigorous prosecution of the case.

Thirty-one-year-old Jesse Osmun of Milford was arrested Thursday in Connecticut on federal charges of sexually abusing children at a center in Greytown, which helps AIDS victims. Authorities say Osmun molested five children under the age of 6, some multiple times, and gave them candy during a period between 2010 and this year.

"Mr. Osmun is charged with a shocking breach of the power entrusted to him as a Peace Corps volunteer," Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer said upon Osmun's arrest.

Osmun's attorney, federal public defender Sarah Merriam, declined to comment.



Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/08/05/national/main20088772.shtml

[proverbialwisdom]

1. Another similar situation described here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathryn_Bolkovac
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Whistleblower

'The Whistleblower' film adaptation finally released this week. The nonfiction book available since 1/11.

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[Taverner]

2. At least Peace Corps is doing something about it, rather than the case of Deborah Gardner...

[saras]

3. Sometimes I wonder whether every single instance of sex abuse on the planet is newsworthy...

...but it only seems to be certain sorts of organizations that get them all counted out individually. What if every single rape in the United States military got this much press, instead of a generic "there's a problem in the military"?

[Judi Lynn]

4. Could be that people going to other countries as professional representatives of this country,

representing themselves as "peaceful," who commit atrocities invite more disgust than even the hideous cases in the military which get completely ignored often.