A jury in Miami has convicted the founder of an orphanage in Haiti of sexually abusing boys at the facility in Port-au-Prince. Court records show 73-year-old Michael Geilenfeld was found guilty Thursday night of six counts of engaging in illicit sexual contact with minors in a foreign country and one count of traveling from Miami to

A federal jury in Miami convicted a Colorado man Thursday for sexually abusing boys at the orphanage he founded in Haiti.

A federal jury in Miami has delivered a guilty verdict against the founder of a Haitian orphanage on multiple charges of child sexual abuse.

A federal jury in Miami convicted Michael Karl Geilenfeld for sexually abusing boys at an orphanage he founded in Haiti.

At 73, Michael Geilenfeld could have cut a plea deal to reduce his potentially long prison sentence on federal charges of sexually abusing numerous boys in Haiti. But the American founder of a Port-au-Prince orphanage gambled on a jury trial in Miami federal court — and lost.

A Miami federal jury has convicted a Colorado man for sexually abusing boys at an orphanage he founded and directed in Haiti, the U.S.

A Colorado man was convicted of sexually abusing boys at an orphanage he founded in Haiti. The U.S. Department of Justice said a federal jury in Miami convicted 73-year-old Michael Karl Geilenfeld of Littleton.

"We are not criminals… we are law-abiding citizens," community members said at a press conference in Little Haiti.

A specialized Haitian police task force hit the stronghold of the country’s most notorious warlord on Saturday, resulting in the deaths of several gang members, the country’s

“When I was a child, we were taught to be proud to be Black,” said the Miami native who was born in Little Haiti. She recalled having conversations about history with her uncle and how her parents instilled in her the importance of knowing Black history.

Michael Karl Geilenfeld has been convicted in the sexual abuse of boys who lived in an orphanage he founded in Haiti in the mid-1980s.

In South Florida, the heart of the Haitian community in the United States, the announcement has caused fear and indignation. TPS beneficiaries and advocates have denounced the decision, saying Haiti continues to be unsafe amid extreme gang violence, rising hunger and crumbling public institutions.