HAITI
The Haitian Times
February 1, 2019
Haitian Men to be Compensated Following Sexual Assault Case
More than 130 young men may receive $60 million in damages after a couple of Jesuit men was found guilty of sexually assaulting the young men. The proposed settlement seeks to compensate anyone who has been sexually assaulted by Douglas Perlitz, one of the founders of Pierre Toussaint school in Cap-Haitien, and Reverend Paul Carrier, between January 1, 1996 and July 1, 2009. If approved by a Connecticut federal judge, this $ 60 million deal will be the second of its kind, resulting. In 2013 lawyer Mitchell Garabedian received $12 million for 24 Haitian teenagers claiming to have been sexually assaulted by Perlitz, radio Television Caraibes reports.
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