Peace Corps to help victims in molestation case
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Peace Corps has voluntarily agreed to contribute $20,000 to a fund for four girls sexually abused by a former volunteer who served in South Africa.
Jesse Osmun pleaded guilty in June in a federal court in Connecticut to traveling from the United States to engage in illicit sexual conduct with children. Authorities say the victims were 3 to 6 years old at the time.
Osmun's attorney, Richard Meehan Jr., says the Peace Corps offered the contribution at a hearing Thursday in Hartford. Meehan says Osmun's family also plans to donate $10,000 to the fund to help the victims.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Osmun faces between 14 to more than 21 years under guidelines when he is sentenced Oct. 10. Meehan has described Osmun as remorseful.
A Peace Corps spokeswoman confirmed the donation.