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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Peter Smith

Former Ohio missionary pleads guilty to molesting 2 boys in Haiti

Missionary Abuse Haiti - (Lake Fong/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)

A former missionary with an Ohio-based ministry pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges that he sexually abused two boys in Haiti, reaching an agreement with prosecutors that could lead to a prison sentence of at least 25 years.

Jeriah Mast, 45, of Millersburg, Ohio — who told police in 2019 he had molested more than 30 boys in Haiti and four children in Ohio — entered the plea before Judge Donald C. Nugent in federal court in Cleveland.

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