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HLLN comment on new IMF figures indicating Haiti is no longer the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere
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- Ezili Dantò Note:
Help Haiti's children demand that accused pedophile, Doug Perlitz not be setfree on bond | White pedophiles in Haiti and in Africa - Video from Kenya,Haiti (Peacekeepers & Humanitarian Workers) and Senegal

- Haiti program founder's release may hinge on higher bond,
Connecticut Post, Oct. 9, 2009

- Who’s who in the Perlitz scandal
By Chris Simmons, September 23, 2009, The Mirror

- Man charged with Haiti sex abuse pleads not guilty By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN (AP), Oct. 8, 2009

- School Founder Arraigned In Abuse Charges, wfsb.com
Founder Of Haitian School Is Accused Of Sexually Abusing Nine Former Students

- Perlitz arraigned By Chris Simmons, The Mirror
October 10, 2009

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Ezili Dantò Note: Going shopping in Haiti:
What exactly do some whites or modern missionaries go shopping in Haiti for: sex, self-esteem, adulation, fun, challenge, adventure, the boost in serotonin-consumption, to exploit cheap labor, plunder Haiti's natural resources, for self-improvement, recovery, to use Haiti as in excuse to raise funds for their salaries and living expenses, or as an easy way to gain international expert credentials in any field and move up the socio-economic ladder at home and/or for securing the good tropical lifestyle with mountain and oceanfront houses, the maids, gardeners and seafood they couldn't obtain as easily in their Euro/US countries where they are the majority, ordinary, can’t use the white privilege inheritance without some scrutiny and are not as exotic and special as in neocolonial devastated Haiti. It’s all hidden, of course, behind the mask of being good humanitarians and helping Haitians. [See Oil in Haiti - Economic Reasons for the UN/US occupation by Ezili Dantò of HLLN; Child Abuse/Molestation by white tourists in Kenya

108 sri lankan troops accused of sexual abuse in haiti UN

Paradise for Pedophiles - Senegal

Peacekeepers 'abusing children' in Haiti - 27 Sep 08

Video Report: Child Abuse by Humanitarian Workers

UN Peacekeepers and Humanitarian Aid Workers raping, molesting and abusing Haitian children

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Oil in Haiti - Economic Reasons for the UN/US occupation by Ezili Dantò

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Oil in Haiti, by Dr. Georges Michel , webzinemaker.com, March 27, 2004 [Please refer to the French Original]

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HLLN comment on new IMF figures indicating Haiti is no longer the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere
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Haiti's Riches: Interview with Ezili Dantò on Mining in Haiti

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Haiti Riches: CKUT Interview (34:03) with Ezili Dantò on Mining of Haiti Resources by Canadian Companies, by Chris Scott for CKUT Montreal, Haitian Perspective, April 29, 2009

Haiti Riches: Lakounewyork Interview with HLLN's Ezili Dantò (Kreyòl) on environmental degradation concerns of post-coup d'etat gold/copper mining in Haiti by foreign companies, May 6, 2009
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HLLN honors Father Gerard Jean Juste

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Douglas Perlitz Photo:Fairfield Mirror

Sexual abuse of Haiti children by Priests, Charity Workers

Help Haitian survivors of Sexual abuse by Priests and Charity Workers in Haiti

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Video - Report: Child Abuse by Humanitarian Workers

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UN Peacekeepers and Humanitarian Aid Workers raping, molesting and abusing Haitian children

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Pastoral minister indicted for sexually abusing Haitian boys
Caribbean320.com, Sept. 18, 2009


CONNECTICUT, United States, September 18, 2009 - An American man who once seemed like a saviour to some Haitian street children has been indicted in Connecticut for sexually abusing nine Haitian boys at a school he founded in that Caribbean country.

Douglas Perlitz, 39, a pastoral minister, volunteer and founder of the Project Pierre Toussaint school in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, was indicted by a federal grand jury with seven counts of traveling outside of the United States with the intent to engage in sexual conduct with individuals under the age of 18, and three counts of engaging in sexual conduct in foreign places with persons under the age of 18.

The indictment was unveiled yesterday by United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Nora Dannehy, and John Morton, Assistant Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Perlitz was arrested by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at his home in Eagle, Colorado on the day before.

"This defendant is alleged to have used his position of power to manipulate and sexually abuse vulnerable boys for nearly a decade," Dannehy said.

Perlitz has since appeared before United States Magistrate Judge Boyd Boland in Denver and has been detained pending a detention hearing that is scheduled for today in Denver.

The federal indictment alleges that, about 1997, Perlitz, obtained funding from a religious organisation to found the Project Pierre Toussaint (PTT), named after a Haitian slave who cared for the poor in New York City in the early 1800s. Initially, the school began as an intake center referred to as the 13th Street Intake Program, providing services - including meals, sport activity, basic classroom instruction, and access to running water for baths - to children of all ages, most of whom were street children as young as six years of age.

PPT continued to expand and, in approximately 1999, a residential facility, Village Pierre Toussaint was added. The Village was staffed primarily by Haitians, but Perlitz was directly involved with the Village.

The indictment said that over the course of several years, Perlitz allegedly began having illicit sexual contact with nine boys who attended school at PPT. In order to entice and persuade the children to comply with sex acts, Perlitz provided the promise of food and shelter and also provided monetary and other benefits, including cash, cell phones, electronics, shoes, clothes, and other items, the indictment states.

If minors refused to engage in sex acts, it is alleged that Perlitz would at times withhold benefits or threaten to expel them from the programme.

Perlitz then allegedly attempted to conceal his sexual abuse of the minors by stating that it was common in Haiti for children and adults to sleep together, or he would state that the particular minor was having a lot of difficulty.

Federal prosecutors also claim that Perlitz took steps to control and manipulate the Board of Directors of the Haiti Fund to ensure that he maintained autonomy and control over all of the operations at PPT.

This apparently made it difficult for volunteers, staff members, or others to question his actions. It is also alleged that the former Connecticut resident also utilised the fear of unemployment and the difficult economic situation in Haiti to control and prevent the Haitian staff at PPT from coming forward about the allegations of sexual abuse.

Finally, the Indictment alleges that, after allegations of long-term sexual abuse by Perlitz surfaced in approximately 2007, Perlitz used his relationship with a religious leader and influential Board Members to continue to attempt to conceal his illegal sexual conduct by causing others to manipulate, prevent, and preclude Board Members in the United States from questioning any issues relating to him.

If convicted, Perlitz faces a maximum term of imprisonment of 30 years and a fine of up to US$250,000, on each count of the indictment. (Adapted from Caribworldnews)

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Haiti Charity's Founder Accused Of Abusing Boys

Douglas Perlitz/AP In this Nov. 2004 photo, Douglas Perlitz, a graduate of Fairfield University, talks about his missionary work with Haitian street children in Fairfield, Conn. Perlitz, the founder of a school for poor children in Haiti has been indicted on charges of sexually abusing nine boys there, allegedly threatening them with expulsion or withholding benefits if they did not comply with his demands. (AP PHOTO/THE CONNECTICUT POST, JEFF BUSTRAAN / November 1, 2004)

By EDMUND H. MAHONY
The Hartford Courant, Sept. 18, 2009

NEW HAVEN — - The Connecticut founder of an internationally known residential charity for hundreds of homeless boys in Haiti has been accused in a federal indictment of repeatedly abusing the children sexually, sometimes after threatening to return them to the streets if they didn't comply.

Senior federal law enforcement officials announced the arrest of Douglas Perlitz, 39, in a highly publicized news conference Thursday. They said they were underscoring the gravity of the accusations and calling attention to what they called newly invigorated federal efforts to enforce laws that enable them to track down and prosecute U.S. citizens who exploit children on foreign soil.

"We are doing everything in our power to put an end to child predators who attempt to escape justice by traveling overseas," said John T. Morton, assistant secretary for immigration and customs enforcement at the federal Department of Homeland Security.

In her first meeting with reporters since being appointed Connecticut's acting U.S. attorney, prosecutor Nora Dannehy said, "Children deserve to be safe, whether they live in the United States or whether they live elsewhere."

Perlitz was founder and director of Project Pierre Toussaint in Haiti's north coast city of Cap-Haitien, the second most populous city in the hemisphere's poorest country. The sight of throngs of homeless children struggling to survive in Haitian cities, where unemployment exceeds 50 percent, can be overwhelming.

Perlitz offered boys as young as 6 years old homes, food, clothing, shoes, water to bathe in, sporting activities and basic education.

The project was financed over the last decade through the Haiti Fund Inc., a registered Connecticut charity. Fund directors were appointed by the Rev. Paul Carrier, the former director of campus ministry at Fairfield University. Carrier is a close friend of Perlitz and frequently visited him in Haiti.

Donors contributed more than $2 million to Project Pierre Toussaint between 1997 and 2008. The Haitian Times newspaper has reported that, when allegations of sexual abuse surfaced in 2008, donations — many from Connecticut and the Fairfield University community — dried up. The newspaper said the project was forced to close in the summer of 2008, leaving the children homeless again.

Perlitz is a 1992 graduate of Fairfield University. In 2002, he delivered the school's commencement address and received an honorary degree. Rama Sudhakar, the school's vice president of marketing and communications, said Fairfield University never has been affiliated with Perlitz's organization. Donations by employees or alumni, of money and voluntary service, were given privately, she said.

Perlitz moved from Connecticut to suburban Denver two months ago. The indictment says he had spent most of the time since 1991 in Haiti. He is accused specifically of traveling to Haiti to engage in illicit sexual conduct with 10 boys. Each count carries a maximum prison sentence of up to 30 years.

Perlitz was arrested outside Denver on Wednesday and is in custody while awaiting a decision on whether he will be granted bail. He is expected to be returned to Connecticut for prosecution in U.S. District Court.

On his first trip to Haiti, with a volunteer mission in 1991, Perlitz "claimed that he was inspired" to open a school for street children, according to the indictment. Six years later, in 1997, he founded Project Pierre Toussaint with a grant from the Order of Malta, a charitable religious organization.

Perlitz opened two residences for Haitian boys and a third for American volunteers. The indictment said he personally "befriended and recruited male street children to attend the school" and live in the residences.

"In order to entice and persuade the children to comply with the sex acts, Perlitz provided the promise of food and shelter and also provided monetary and other benefits, including, but not limited to, U.S. and foreign currency, cellphones, other electronics, shoes, clothes and other items," the indictment says.

He is accused of "grooming" children for sexual acts, exposing them to homosexual pornography and plying them with alcoholic beverages in an effort to persuade them to spend the night in his private residence. According to the indictment, Perlitz told children not to be ashamed during sex acts; other times, he told them he was "crazy."

When asked by volunteers why he allowed boys to sleep in his bedroom, Perlitz allegedly replied that it was common in Haiti for children and adults to sleep together and that certain of the children "were having a lot of difficulty."

Children who complied were rewarded, the indictment says. They — and their families — sometimes received money from the contributions raised by the Haiti Fund and they were eligible for all the benefits offered by Project Pierre Toussaint.

Those who refused could be denied necessities, such as bed linen, and were threatened with expulsion, according to the indictment.

Perlitz used his control over project finances and operations to silence questions about his behavior. "In an effort to control the American volunteers from discovering or questioning his abuse of minors, Perlitz maintained exclusive control over [the program's] operations, including the funding, making it difficult for volunteers, staff members, or others to question his actions," the indictment says.

Perlitz tried to block an investigation when allegations about misconduct surfaced in 2007, using his relationship with an unidentified "religious leader" who had influence with directors of the Haiti Fund, the indictment says.

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HAITI: PROJECT PIERRE TOUSSAINT
Founder Of Haiti Charity, Accused Of Molesting Children, Pleads Not Guilty
By ALAINE GRIFFIN, Hartford Courant
October 9, 2009

NEW HAVEN — - The Connecticut founder of an internationally known charity for homeless boys in Haiti, accused of repeatedly sexually abusing some of the children, pleaded not guilty Thursday at U.S. District Court.

It was the first court appearance in Connecticut for Douglas Perlitz, 39, a former state resident, following his arrest Sept. 16 outside Denver, where he moved about three months ago.

Perlitz was founder and director of Project Pierre Toussaint in Haiti's north coast city of Cap-Haitien, the second-most populous city in the hemisphere's poorest country.

The project offered young boys homes, food, clothing and basic education. It was financed through the Haiti Fund Inc., a registered Connecticut charity.

Perlitz is accused in a federal indictment of traveling to Haiti to engage in illicit sexual conduct with more than nine children. Each count carries a maximum punishment of up to 30 years in prison.

In a motion for pretrial detention, federal prosecutors called Perlitz a "sexual predator who has used a charitable institution that he himself founded to gain access to an incredibly vulnerable population."

The motion said "there are no conditions of release that can assure the safety of children in the community and his appearance in court."

But Perlitz's attorney, William Dow III, argued during a detention hearing Thursday that Perlitz is neither a flight risk nor a danger to the community and requested his release.

The detention hearing for Perlitz was continued to Oct. 19.
Perlitz is being held at a federal prison in Rhode Island.

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Brazil, U.S.to establish industrial plants in Haiti
www.chinaview.cn \ Sept. 18, 2009

BRASILIA, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- Brazil and the United States ratified their plan on Thursday to establish industrial plants in Haiti. This would enable the duty-free export of products to both countries and thus support Haiti's reconstruction.

During a meeting in the Foreign Ministry's Itamaraty Palace, Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim and U.S. Commerce representative Ronald Kirk agreed to advance the implementation of the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity (HOPE) program created by the United States.

The two countries are part of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti, which was initially established to stop the social and political crisis in 2004.

Amorim told Xinhua in a press conference that the fundamental motivation of this initiative was humanitarian, "to aid Haiti's economic development through sustainable production activity."

This mechanism would allow Brazilian companies in Haiti to export products to the United States without paying customs fees, and vice versa.

The agreement would benefit Haiti as well as Brazilian and U.S. companies, Amorim added.
On Thursday morning, President of the Brazilian National Confederation of Industry (CNI) Armando Monteiro Neto said the Brazilian textile companies were interested in establishing themselves in Haiti under the framework of the HOPE program.

The Brazilian industries also requested an adjustment to the HOPE program, such as giving Brazil the status of "beneficiary."
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Haiti's Riches: Interview with Ezili Dantò on Mining in Haiti

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Oil in Haiti - Economic Reasons for the UN/US occupation by Ezili Dantò

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Oil in Haiti, by Dr. Georges Michel , webzinemaker.com, March 27, 2004 [Please refer to the French Original]

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Haiti is full of oil, say Ginette and Daniel Mathurin,
Radio Metropole, Jan 28, 2008 [French Original]
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Majescor and SACG Discover a New Copper-Gold in Haiti, Oct. 6, 2009

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Fort Liberte's deep water port
(Photo of Fort Liberte, Haiti)

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No More Secrecy

HLLN on Douglaz Perlitz's new motions asking for secrecy

Jury trial is set for May 3, 2010 at 9:00 AM in Courtroom Two, 141 Church St., New Haven, Connecticut before Judge Janet Bond Arterton. (See, Help Haitian survivors of Sexual abuse by Priests and Charity Workers in Haiti.)

At his Oct. 28 bond hearing, accused pedophile Douglas Perlitz withdrew his bond request for now. The awareness-raising campaign HLLN-led to warn the community that an accused pedophile may be set free on bail had some effect. (Perlitz Court Date Moved, Groups Raise Awareness of Perlitz, O’Brien Cases; Letter-writing campaign aims to keep Perlitz jailed, and Jesuits, diocese asked to help sex abuse victims). Defendant Perlitz was not set free and shall remain behind bars until the matter is revisited again on December 2nd, if at all. (See Dec. 2nd update at Sexual abuse of Haiti children by Priests, Charity Workers- Help Haitian survivors of Sexual abuse by Priests and Charity Workers in Haiti.)

This is a small victory, but a victory nonetheless for all children considering that last time in court, on Oct. 8th, Perlitz's attorney kept pointing out how massive Mr. Perlitz's support was, implying the children of Haiti had no support and stating outright that our children are liars, not to mention detailing, in racist terms, how violent and corrupt Haiti is as the reason why Perlitz is being wrongly accused. (See in contrast, Pointing Guns at Starving Haitians: Violent Haiti is a myth. According to the UN, the violence rate in Haiti is 5.6 homicide per 100,000. In 2006 the neighboring Dominican Republic had 23.6 homicides per 100,000 according to the Central American Observatory on Violence. Brazil had 52.2/per 100,000 ... whereas in the USA, the rate is 13.2 per 100,000 in some excluded communities and 5.7 per 100,000 overall. The Caribbean region's average murder rate were at 30 per 100,000 in 2007. If you compare the US, Brazil, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic, the facts indicate more violence there than in Haiti. But it is Haiti that is singled out, negatively stereotyped and saddled with UN occupation and people abusing Haiti stereotypes for their own ends. The facts reveal that the only time there is more violence in Haiti than normal crimes is when the US/Euros sponsor coup d'etat and dictatorship over the objections of the Haitian peoples' democratic vote.)

This time in court, the children of Haiti had more people there to support them than Mr. Perlitz's so touted "supporters" which were mostly no-shows in comparison to the Oct. 8th showing.

Thank you all who wrote and asked Judge Margolis not to release Douglas Perlitz on bond. The process has just begun. We suspect, the information Ezili's HLLN has been circulating about the systemic abuse of Haitian children by white charity workers and the UN troops is making a difference and the new information filed by the prosecutors on October 27 to support Perlitz's continued incarceration has raised the bar.

We suspect as more information is made available and as the media learns more about what is actually going on in Haiti in terms of the raping and molesting of Haitian children by charity workers and UN peace keepers, more of Mr. Perlitz's supporters and prospective bond financiers will be asking to remain anonymous. For instance, according to new information divulged by the federal prosecutors, from June until his arrest in September 2009, computer records show that Douglas Perlitz was using a laptop computer to seek Haitian and black boys on sexually oriented Internet sites and over 100 sexual images of black boys where found on his computer. Perlitz's attorneys has file a motion supporting bond where he requests that the individuals putting up money on defendant Perlitz's behalf remain anonymous. But all children need protection and we are publicly campaigning against this demand for secrecy. This sort of crime against children flourishes in secrecy. Its prosecution must be done in the full light.

Every Douglas Perlitz's bond supporter ought to be able stand in front of the entire community and say they are standing by Mr. Perlitz' innocence. Too many times in Haiti's past we've seen, as we just saw with the arrest of ex-priest and accused pedophile John Duarte last week, that the authorities are willing to make arrests but, as for instance in the John Duarte pedophile case, categorically refuse to name the hotel in Port au Prince where Mr. Duarte was having sex with children. This is exactly the sort of thing Save the Children did last year when it announced that UN peacekeepers in Haiti and NGO workers were sexually abusing Haiti's children, but did not name the UN peacekeepers nor the NGO charities involved.

Perlitz ran a residence for humanitarian aid workers in Haiti, as well as, the school for boys. Our investigation show an entwine international network in Haiti and a systematic cover up, it seems, by the authorities to keep this matter as "isolated incidents" when it is not. (See, for example - The 'Father Teresa' of Haiti – Armand Huard - was convicted on sex abuse charges against minors in Haiti orphanage; Two Canadians Charged with Sex Abuse in Haiti orphanage; Former Windsor priest John Duarte arraigned on child-molestation charges; Fr. Paul Carrier, S.J. Near The End Of The Line; Sex scandal in Haiti hits U.N. mission; and, A Swiss accused pedophile was arrested in Haiti.)

Thus, in this case with defendant Douglas Perlitz, those who wish to stand with him ought to be sure enough of him and his innocence not to hide their names as his attorney asked in the motions filed in court yesterday. If Douglas Perlitz is the "saint" that his attorneys say he is - just simply a wrongly accused white American in a "Hatfield/McCoy" caper concocted by Haiti’s children and teachers, if that is so, as his attorneys are vociferously pleading, then there ought not to be a problem with revealing who the 19 "people of fine standing in the community, as well as of sufficient financial means," many from Fairfield County, are, who will agree to post the required $5 million bond for defendant Douglas Perlitz.

Our concerned community (local, national and international) is asking for transparency.

We have had ENOUGH of secrecy in the exploitation, abuse, rape and molestation of black children and people in Haiti. Haitians are still waiting for the UN authorities to release the investigation report from the 114 Sri Lankan soldiers accused of the systematic sexual abuse and rape of minors in Haiti and deported back, in disgrace, to Sri Lanka. It's been two years and the UN investigation has never been made public to Haitians. This is the sort of racist double standard, complicity and capriciousness Ezili's HLLN finds an abuse of power by supposedly lawful and respected authorities. (See, UN Peacekeepers and Humanitarian Aid Workers raping, molesting and abusing Haitian children.)

The media must begin to look into the carnage in Haiti - the fleecing of Haiti's natural resources while the people starve and die, as well as, this systemic tourist sex trade bringing disease, rape and molestation to Haiti behind the disenfranchisement of 9 million Blacks by the 2004 Bush regime change and current UN occupation, all, in the name of bringing stability, democracy and humanitarian aid to Haiti. ( Minimum Wage, Maximum Outrage and Haiti's Holocaust and Middle Passage Continues.)

The world needs to wake up to the voiceless poor's plight in Haiti. That is why Ezili's HLLN shall continue explaining these concerns to the world and go, people-to-people, as we just did with this Perlitz case, as the Haitian public does not seem to be getting anywhere with those in power, or who have taken power illegally (the more than 10,000 NGOs in Haiti and the UN forces) and who are supposed to be protecting and defending democracy, justice, and Haitian welfare.

Ezili Dantò/HLLN
October 28, 2009
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Recommended HLLN Link:
December 2009 Update -
Sexual abuse of Haiti children by Priests, Charity Workers
Help Haitian survivors of Sexual abuse by Priests and Charity Workers in Haiti

Jury trial is set for May 3, 2010 at 9:00 AM in Courtroom Two, 141 Church St., New Haven, Connecticut before Judge Janet Bond Arterton.


Documents Say Abuse Suspect Tried To Buy Off Victims
By EDMUND H. MAHONY, The Hartford Courant, October 29, 2009

Photos of Haitians speaking out on Douglas Perlitz case outside the courthouse -
Chris Simmons Mirror's photostream

Ex-Fairfielder accused of abusing Haitian boys drops bond bid
By Michael P. Mayko, STAFF WRITER, Connecticut Post, Oct. 28, 2009

Perlitz detained without prejudice, defense plans to eventually ask for release by Chris Simmons, Fairfield Mirror, Oct. 28, 2009

Feds: Haiti abuse suspect sought boys while in US

Direct from Okap: Lakounewyork interview with Cyrus Sibert on Perlitz case

New motions filed in Perlitz case

Haiti's Holocaust and Middle Passage Continues

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Help Haiti's children - Demand that accused US pedophile, Doug Perlitz, not be set free on bond

Update: On October 28, 2009, attorneys for accused US pedophile, Doug Perlitz (Case #3:09CR207) indicated to U.S. Magistrate Judge Joan G. Margolis that they were not prepared to go forward with their case asking that defendant Perlitz be released on bond because they had not met the bond requirements, raised $5 million in bond and provide custodial assurances. In a motion supporting their objection for bond and to keep Douglas Perlitz incarcerated, United States Attorney Nora. R. Dannehy and Assistant United States Attorney Krishna R. Patel charged that Perlitz used his computer while in the U.S. to search for boys. On October 28, 2009, U.S. Magistrate Joan Margolis made a ruling to retain Perltiz in jail, agreeing to a request by Perlitz’ attorney, William Dow III, for a continuance until a more complete bond package may be assembled. Jury trial is set for May 3, 2010 at 9:00 AM in Courtroom Two, 141 Church St., New Haven, Connecticut before Judge Janet Bond Arterton (See, December 2009 Update - Sexual abuse of Haiti children by Priests, Charity Workers- Help Haitian survivors of Sexual abuse by Priests and Charity Workers in Haiti;Ex-Fairfielder accused of abusing Haitian boys drops bond bid, Connecticut Post, Oct. 28, 2009; Perlitz detained without prejudice, defense plans to eventually ask for release By Chris Simmons, The Fairfield Mirror; Feds: Haiti abuse suspect sought boys while in US By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN (AP); Accused man to remain in custody, New Haven Register and New motions filed in Perlitz case By Chris Simmons, The Fairfield Mirror, Oct. 27, 2009)

October 28, 2009 - Outside the Court House after the hearing Perlitz withdrew bond request for now - A victory for all children. Thank you all who wrote and asked Judge Margolis not to release Perlitz. Please continue sending letters to the Judge and, if you can, kindly attend the Dec. 2 hearing. (See Ezili Dantò's Note: No More Secrecy)

Photo credit: Chris Simmons, Fairfield Mirror Perlitz detained without prejudice, defense plans to eventually ask for release Haiti's Holocaust and Middle Passage Continues Direct from Okap: Lakounewyork interview with Cyrus Sibert on Perlitz case (In Kreyòl) Thank you: Haitian children had no public voice in this process until you came on the scene

We urge all who are in the East Coast of the US to be in court to support the case of the children of Haiti. Haiti is under occupation with a weak government, some say, that is mostly concerned with pleasing foreigners, not with protecting Haitian rights and domestic development. These Haitian children have no voice, unless we stand up for them. (UN Peacekeepers and Humanitarian Aid Workers raping, molesting and abusing Haitian children).

Recently, I spoke to an audience about the raping and molesting of Haiti's children and women, and in particular about the Doug Perlitz case, where one white man stood up and said, in sum, that Haiti was such a "hellhole," its children getting sodomized is not such a sin if Douglas Perlitz the pedophile was also providing them with food and schooling! This is the attitude of some Douglas Perlitz's supporters in the United States. Please show up in court for the Jury trial is set for May 3, 2010 at 9:00 AM and stand for these Haitian children, who have no Haitian government or Haitian institutions that will support their human rights, their innocence, their childhood, their right not to be violated by sex tourists and fake charity workers and UN "peacekeepers."

This is insupportable. Lend a hand in the case of Douglas Perlitz.

You may view a copy of the federal indictment here. Here's are some relevant points in the Douglas Perlitz case:

"1. Between 2002 and 2008, more than $2 million was transferred from the Haiti Fund to an account Douglas Perlitz controlled in Haiti.

"These monies did not include other significant capital expenses and other expenses that were directly paid by the Haiti Fund for Project Pierre Toussaint," Assistant U.S. Attorney Krishna Patel said in court papers. "Perlitz had access to an enormous sum of money ... and thus far there does not appear to be an accurate accounting of what happened to these monies."

The Haiti investigation into Douglas Perlitz began in 2007. Western Union records confirm that from 2008 through 2009, "Perlitz was sending money" to individuals in Haiti formerly enrolled in his program.

2. According to the federal indictment, in order to entice and persuade the children to comply with sex acts, Douglas Perlitz provided the promise of food, shelter, clothes and other benefits, including but not limited to, U.S. and foreign currency, cell phones, other electronics, shoes, bed linens and other items.

Perlitz is accused of grooming the orphaned and desperately hungry street children for sexual acts, exposing them to homosexual pornography and plying them with alcoholic beverages in an effort to persuade them to spend the night in his private residence. According to the indictment, Perlitz told children not to be ashamed during sex acts; other times, he told them he was "crazy."

3. If minors refused to engage in sex acts, Douglas Perlitz would at times withhold necessities, such as bed linen or threaten to expel them from the program. Acting U.S. Attorney Nora R. Dannehy and John T. Morton, assistant secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, told the Hartford Courant that he used his position of authority “to manipulate and sexually abuse vulnerable boys for nearly a decade.”

4 . After allegations of almost 10-year long misconduct of sexual abuse by Perlitz surfaced in 2007, Perlitz tried to block the investigation using his relationship with a religious leader who had influence with Board Members of the Haiti Fund to continue to conceal and attempt to conceal his illegal sexual conduct, the indictment says.

5. According to court papers: "The prosecutor also charged that beginning in July 2008 and continuing until March, Perlitz traveled to the Dominican Republic to meet with some of the children and adults associated with his program, shuttered recently because of lack of funds. On the night before Perlitz's Sept. 16 arrest in Colorado, Patel said he admitted receiving 17 calls from Haiti."

6. The Haitian national police department, which began investigating Perlitz's activities in 2007, has a warrant for his arrest.

7. Also according to US court papers: During a conversation with a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, Douglas Perlitz denied sexually abusing any of the children. But he allegedly said "molestation would be tough" and that the small victims "should just GET OVER IT ... He said he got over his father's death and even though it was tough he moved on ..." (See also, Haiti program founder's release may hinge on higher bond, Connecticut Post, Oct. 8, 2009).

What to do:
1. Attend the Court Hearings - Contact Ezili's HLLN [erzilidanto@yahoo.com] if you or your organization wishes to put together a bus load or groups of concerned citizens to attend the Jury trial is set for May 3, 2010 at 9:00 AM in Courtroom Two, 141 Church St., New Haven, Connecticut before Judge Janet Bond Arterton and or any of the other New Haven, CT, court hearings for accused US pedophile, Douglas Perlitz.

2. Click here to Help Haitian survivors of Sexual abuse by Priests and Charity Workers in Haiti.

3. Join Ezili's mailing list by writing to erzilidanto@yahoo.com for current court updates and reschedulings.


Background information

Persistent image of 'hellhole Haiti' an outdated myth, UN peacekeepers insist

108 sri lankan troops accused of sexual abuse in haiti UN

Peacekeepers 'abusing children' in Haiti - 27 Sep 08

UN Peacekeepers and Humanitarian Aid Workers raping, molesting and abusing
Haitian children

Child Abuse/Molestation by white tourists in Kenya

Video Report: Child Abuse by Humanitarian Workers

Paradise for Pedophiles - Senegal

Comparing crime, poverty and violence in the rest of the Hemisphere to Haiti and

Pointing Guns at Starving Haitians: Violent Haiti is a myth and

The Western vs the Real Narrative on Haiti