Colorado man gets 210 years for sexual abuse of boys at orphanage

Colorado man gets 210 years for sexual abuse of boys at orphanage

DENVER (KDVR) -- A Colorado man received a sentence of 210 years in prison for sexually abusing numerous children in care at the orphanage he founded and directed in Haiti, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday. The man, identified as 73-year-old Michael Karl Geilenfeld, most recently lived in Littleton. He founded St. Joseph’s Home for Boys in Haiti in 1985. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get breaking news sent to your inbox The …

Orphanage Founder Sentenced to 210 Years for Child Abuse - American Faith

A Colorado man who founded an orphanage in Haiti has been sentenced to 210 years in federal prison for abusing children under his care. Michael Karl Geilenfeld, 73, established the St. Joseph’s Home for Boys in 1985, which was intended to house orphaned and vulnerable children in Haiti. Over two decades, Geilenfeld repeatedly traveled from the U.S. to Haiti, where he engaged in abusive behavior targeting the boys in the orphanage, according to t…

The U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday that an American man who founded and ran an orphanage in Haiti for more than two decades has been sentenced to 210 years in prison for child sexual abuse.

Colorado man sentenced to 210 years in prison for sexually abusing boys at his orphanage in Haiti

Michael Karl Geilenfeld, 73, founded the St. Joseph’s Home for Boys in 1985, which housed orphaned, impoverished, and vulnerable children in Haiti.

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Victims of the American founder of an orphanage in Haiti for street boys gave heart-wrenching statements on how his sexual abuse destroyed their lives.

Michael Karl Geilenfeld, 73 years old, founder of the Saint Joseph Home for Boys in Haiti, was sentenced to 210 years in prison on Friday, May 23, 2025 for sexually abusing many children under his responsibility. Originally from Colorado, Geilenfeld founded the orphanage in 1985 and conducted activities there for more than twenty years, regularly travelling from the United States to Haiti, where the crimes were committed. According to the judici…