In this photo taken Oct. 19, 2011, orphans are seen at the Son of God's orphanage in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The orphanage, whose director was accused by U.S. missionaries of not feeding children and selling donated goods, was closed Friday in a rare crackdown by Haitian authorities. Police officers and child welfare officials sealed off the unpaved street in front of the Son of God orphanage and the children who lived there were loaded into a UNICEF bus and taken to new homes. Photo: Dieu Nalio Chery / AP
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Tom Davis announced that Haiti has closed the Son of God orphanage for child neglect.
Here is the story:
CARREFOUR, Haiti (AP) — Haitian authorities have closed an orphanage outside the capital following complaints of neglect and abuse from U.S. missionaries working in the troubled country.
Officials with a Haitian child welfare agency say the Son of God orphanage has been closed permanently. Child welfare official Diem Pierre says the children will be taken by UNICEF to other group homes.
The closure was an unusually strong move in a country where child welfare laws are rarely enforced.
Pierre says inspectors found that children at the home were living in unsanitary conditions and were malnourished.
A group of U.S. missionaries who have been complaining about the home for months welcomed Friday’s action.
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