02
February
PLEA FOR COLO. MAN ACCUSED OF HAITI SCHOOL ABUSE
newsday.com
Douglas Perlitz, a 39 year old Colorado man charged with sexually abusing boys at a schoolhe founded for street children in Haiti, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to new charges that raisethe number of alleged victims to 18. Authorities accuse him of enticing children at the Project Pierre Toussaint school in Cap-Haitien into sex acts by promising them food, shelter, cash,cell phones, electronics and shoes. They say he also withheld benefits and threatened to expelthe boys if they refused his wishes. Perlitz pleaded not guilty in federal court in New