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24 June 2011<\/span> Last updated at<\/span> 15:50 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A US man who ran a centre for impoverished boys in Haiti has been charged over claims that he forced them to perform sex acts for food and shelter, prosecutors have said.<\/p>\n

Matthew Andrew Carter, who operated the Morning Star Center, has been charged with four counts of child sex tourism.<\/p>\n

Investigators said the 66-year-old “preyed upon” impoverished boys and performed acts that “defy belief”.<\/p>\n

Mr Carter was arrested in Miami on 8 May and pleaded not guilty on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Mr Carter, who also went by the names William Charles Harcourt and Bill Carter, had operated the Morning Star Center in Port-au-Prince since the mid-1990s and lived there with Haitian boys, according to court documents.<\/p>\n

“The acts that the defendant is charged with committing, quite simply, defy belief,” Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer said in a news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He added: “As charged in the indictment, he preyed upon and terrorized impoverished Haitian children who were in dire need of the services offered by the Morning Star Center – the very children he was purporting to help.”<\/p>\n

The facility was originally established to provide shelter, food and education to Haitian minors, court documents said.<\/p>\n

Mr Carter is charged with four counts of child sex tourism, or travelling in foreign commerce to engage in illicit sex with minors.<\/p>\n

‘Preying upon children’<\/span><\/p>\n

At the time of his arrest in May, 14 boys were living at the Morning Star Center, with three spending their weekends at the facility.<\/p>\n

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Few crimes are as despicable as the ones committed against these children in Haiti\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

End Quote<\/span> John Morton<\/span> Director, ICE<\/span><\/div>\n

The court documents claimed that Mr Carter had sex with at least eight boys, sometimes for years until they became adults and left the centre.<\/p>\n

Carter also allegedly forced the boys to shower with him and asked them to perform sexual acts on him in his bedroom, according to a US investigator who interviewed several of the youths from the facility.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors said those who agreed to his requests were given schooling, clothing, books, compact disc players and cash.<\/p>\n

“This defendant preyed on innocent Haitian children living in severely depressed conditions, making his conduct particularly deplorable,” said Attorney Wifredo Ferrer.<\/p>\n

Mr Ferrer added that instead of using the facility to “provide sanctuary to needy children”, the Michigan resident used the facility to “manipulate, abuse and sexually exploit them”.<\/p>\n

“Few crimes are as despicable as the ones committed against these children in Haiti,” said Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Special Agent Director John Morton.<\/p>\n

A public defender assigned to represent Mr Carter has not commented on the case.<\/p>\n

If convicted, Mr Carter faces up to 105 years in prison.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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