Gregory Dow and his wife Mary Rose. Mr Dow served time for sex-related
crimes in the US before travelling to Kenya where he started a
children's home in Bomet County. PHOTO | COURTESY
US officials say an American man accused of
sexually molesting girls at a Bomet orphanage he founded with a church's
help has been arrested.
Gregory Dow, 60, is facing charges of sexual abuse of girls at the Dow Family Children's Home in Kapsiratet village.
Mr
William McSwain, a US lawyer, said Dow will face four counts of
engaging in illicit sexual conduct in a foreign county (Kenya).
ILLICIT SEXUAL CONDUCT
“From
or about October 14, 2013, until on or about September 13, 2014, the
defendant engaged in, and attempted to engage in, illicit sexual conduct
with four different minor victims in Kenya,” the lawyer said while
commenting on the charges against Mr Dow, during a press briefing at the
Lancaster County courthouse.
Dow and his wife Mary
Rose, who had sold their farm in East Hempfield Township, Pennsylvania,
pitched their wagons on a 1.2-acre piece of land in Boito, Bomet, where
they started the Dow Family Children’s Home.
On its website and fundraising promotional
materials, the children’s home is described as refuge for orphaned and
abandoned children. By 2015, more than 79 children called the place
home.
CRUELTY
But
in 2017, Mr Dow fled Kenya never to come back after an arrest warrant
was issued against him over claims he was sexually assaulting children
under his care.
According to the Lancaster Online, before his travel to Kenya, Mr Dow had been convicted for sex-related crimes in the US and had actually served time.
After
Mr Dow left the country, his wife tried to flee in September 2017 but
was arrested by the police. She was charged with cruelty to children by,
among other things, having girls implanted with birth control devices.
According
to police records, she was released on bond on September 16, 2017. She
later fled the country leaving the orphanage behind.
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