A federal judge on Friday sentenced the 73-year-old founder of a Haitian orphanage to 210 years in prison after calling him ...

Michael Karl Geilenfeld was sentenced to 210 years in prison after he was convicted of sexually abusing children at the St.

Geilenfeld operated several orphanages throughout Haiti until 2014 and later expanded ... precedent in prosecuting transnational child abuse cases. The successful prosecution demonstrates that ...

Michael Karl Geilenfeld "used his position of trust and access to exploit vulnerable children under the guise of humanitarian ...

Michael Geilenfeld, 73, was convicted of sexually abusing multiple children over two decades at St. Joseph's Home for Boys, ...

The defendant preyed upon some of the most vulnerable children in the world," the judge said. 'That’s not a metaphor.' ...

Michael Karl Geilenfeld was sentenced to 210 years in prison after he was convicted of sexually abusing children at the Haiti ...

READ MORE: American founder of orphanage in Haiti ... the case has yet to be retried. Allegations of sexual abuse have followed Geilenfeld for more than a decade. After a children’s rights ...

there are so many more children who have not found their way home and are still trapped in a world of violence and abuse. For the "PBS News Hour," I'm Marcia Biggs in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Our teams are working around the clock to support children and ensure they are protected from harm, exploitation and abuse. In 2010, Haiti suffered a devastating ... casualties is likely to be much ...