New York doctor held in Cambodia accused of sex with 14yo
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New York doctor held in Cambodia accused of sex with 14yo
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ed-14.html
An American doctor working as a volunteer in a Cambodian children's hospital has been accused of having sex with a 14-year-old boy.
Dr. James D'Agostino, 56, from, Manlius, New York, is being held in a Phnom Penh prison after being charged with buying child prostitution.
A judge said he could be held for up to six months before the municipal court decides if the case will go to trial. He faces 15 years behind bars if convicted.
D'Agostino, a pediatric emergency doctor at Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, went to Cambodia in January 2009.
He was arrested on February 16 and suspended from his post at the National Pediatric Hospital last month. His lawyer, Pek Vannak, said the doctor denies the charges.
Vannak told Syracuse's Post Standard: 'He told me that it was a big mistake.'
Action Pour Les Enfants (APLE) - an organisation which fights child sex in Cambodia - began investigating the doctor in January 2010, said director Samleang Seila.
In an email seen by the Standard, he said that his group learned D’Agostino was living with a 24-year-old man and three boys — ages 7, 10 and 14 — in his rental home.
He paid school tuition for the teenage boy with whom he has been accused of having sexual contact .
APLE tipped off police who questioned the boys at school where the 14-year-old told police and a school teacher he had been allegedly sexually abused by D’Agostino, Seila said.
He also claimed D’Agostino had told the boy not to say anything if asked about sexual contact, reported the Standard.
Darryl Geddes, an Upstate spokesman told the paper that the medical center has had no direct contact with the doctor since his arrest.
He arranged his first trip to Cambodia through Projects Abroad which places volunteers throughout the developing world.
In a story published on the website, D’Agostino said: ' I came to Phnom Penh with little expectations other than hot days, annoying mosquitoes and exotic foods.'
In blog entries, he explained how he helped people in one village pave a muddy road with stone and obtained uniforms for 60 school children.
* Cambodia used to be known as a place where Western tourists could easily buy sex with children.
But the country bowed to international pressure to crackdown on the trade which resulting in an increase in arrests and prosecutions.
An American doctor working as a volunteer in a Cambodian children's hospital has been accused of having sex with a 14-year-old boy.
Dr. James D'Agostino, 56, from, Manlius, New York, is being held in a Phnom Penh prison after being charged with buying child prostitution.
A judge said he could be held for up to six months before the municipal court decides if the case will go to trial. He faces 15 years behind bars if convicted.
D'Agostino, a pediatric emergency doctor at Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, went to Cambodia in January 2009.
He was arrested on February 16 and suspended from his post at the National Pediatric Hospital last month. His lawyer, Pek Vannak, said the doctor denies the charges.
Vannak told Syracuse's Post Standard: 'He told me that it was a big mistake.'
Action Pour Les Enfants (APLE) - an organisation which fights child sex in Cambodia - began investigating the doctor in January 2010, said director Samleang Seila.
In an email seen by the Standard, he said that his group learned D’Agostino was living with a 24-year-old man and three boys — ages 7, 10 and 14 — in his rental home.
He paid school tuition for the teenage boy with whom he has been accused of having sexual contact .
APLE tipped off police who questioned the boys at school where the 14-year-old told police and a school teacher he had been allegedly sexually abused by D’Agostino, Seila said.
He also claimed D’Agostino had told the boy not to say anything if asked about sexual contact, reported the Standard.
Darryl Geddes, an Upstate spokesman told the paper that the medical center has had no direct contact with the doctor since his arrest.
He arranged his first trip to Cambodia through Projects Abroad which places volunteers throughout the developing world.
In a story published on the website, D’Agostino said: ' I came to Phnom Penh with little expectations other than hot days, annoying mosquitoes and exotic foods.'
In blog entries, he explained how he helped people in one village pave a muddy road with stone and obtained uniforms for 60 school children.
* Cambodia used to be known as a place where Western tourists could easily buy sex with children.
But the country bowed to international pressure to crackdown on the trade which resulting in an increase in arrests and prosecutions.
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Maybe he's a Proctologist and he was just giving him a check up......
..... and just so happened to be jerking off at the same time.
..... and just so happened to be jerking off at the same time.
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He'll get a couple of years, with part of the sentence suspended for time already served at the most going by recent cases.vladimir wrote:Well ,he might as well be one, now he's really in the shit.
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The volunteer agency, Projects Abroad was responsible for bringing this guy to Cambodia. ... he paid them plenty of $$$ to come here after all. Shouldn't they have carefully checked him out BEFORE coming here? Then while doing his "volunteer" work, monitored his behaviour with the children he was" treating"? I hold PA responsible for this guys abuse of children. To them it's a quick, easy buck with no though for the potential damage the volunteer may cause. Regardless, I hope this child abuser gets 20 years in Prey Sar....
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why do people pay to volunteer? seems somewhat retarted.
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I'd agree that they share some responsibility, but background checks only work on people who have previous convictions.Shouldn't they have carefully checked him out BEFORE coming here?
Tom Sawyer figured this one out.why do people pay to volunteer? seems somewhat retarted.
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This piece of shit is in the news again. Maybe Porky Pig can sort us out with a translation:
http://kohsantepheapdaily.com.kh/article/25284.html
http://kohsantepheapdaily.com.kh/article/25284.html
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And the crazy thing is, if the boy had been 15, it would have been legal.
I was told there would be cake.
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Not sure if that's correct. If the kid was a year older, the perp was Cambodian and no money changed hands, then it would have been legal. As an American - even if no money changed hands - he could be arrested by ICE and serve time in the US.ChicagoGuy wrote:And the crazy thing is, if the boy had been 15, it would have been legal.
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I should have been more clear to say legal under Cambodian law. Of course, an argument for prostitution could be made, but I'm referring to the offense of statutory rape under Cambodian law.shizzle wrote:Not sure if that's correct. If the kid was a year older, the perp was Cambodian and no money changed hands, then it would have been legal. As an American - even if no money changed hands - he could be arrested by ICE and serve time in the US.ChicagoGuy wrote:And the crazy thing is, if the boy had been 15, it would have been legal.
As for being prosecuted in the US for an offense that was legal in the country in which it was committed, I don't know. I'm not a criminal attorney.
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The US also has the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act which prohibits making illegal or unofficial payments to government officials, which is causing problems for American business people as the new Cambodian Anti-Corruption law now makes the payment of all facilitation fees illegal.BirdBrain wrote:They can also be charged for paying off a (any) government official abroad. So technically paying tea money in Cambodia, using agents for Visa extensions etc are illegal under Australian law.
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