INDIA
Huffington Post
By Rituparna Chatterjee
A notorious British paedophile who is accused of raping and sexually abusing numerous children in Malaysia’s impoverished communities, some even as young as six months old, allegedly posed as a volunteer at an orphanage in Bangalore and wanted to take photos and videos of children, according to reports.
In a series of chilling letters published by the Daily Mail, Huckle approached Indian pastor George Fernandes, 37, for a trip to his New Hope for Children Orphanage in June, 2013 after finding the name on Facebook. The unsuspecting pastor allowed Huckle, who introduced himself in the mail as “originally from UK but am studying an IT Degree in Malaysia”, to visit New Hope.
WASN’T LEFT ALONE WITH THE CHILDREN
“I’m very much interested in visiting your orphanages in Bangalore and Ambur. It would be a great experience for me to visit your orphanages, meet and help the children, and would be more than happy to use my photography and video editing skills to help make some promotional material for your ministry. God bless your ministry and I look forward to hearing back from you,” he wrote.
Fernandes even allowed Huckle to stay at his house, but according to the Daily Mail, at no point was he left alone with the children during his two-day stay and he is not believed to have abused any children at the orphanage.
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