From the article, “Parents of some of the children who 10 U.S. missionaries tried to take out of Haiti after its catastrophic earthquake told a judge Tuesday that they freely handed over their kids, the Americans’ lawyer said.”
The missionaries tried to take 33 children out of Haiti. These “parents” that testified....how many were there? How many of the 33 children were related to these parents? Also, did the missionaries have, or not have, the required paperwork for some, or all of these children?
It might be true, by extension, that surviving custodial adults were all asked permission and all granted it. I hope it is true.
Um, the other kids had no parents? The parents were killed?
Duh.
I’ve been shocked all through this at the willingness of Americans to believe the absolute worst about their fellow Americans based on allegations coming from a corrupt regime of Haitian despots and an unrelated story about the group leader’s previous financial failures.
It’s disheartening to say the least to see such ignorance and gullibility.
So many FReepers on the several threads about this case were ready to string these people up. Just despicable.