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A former Ohio missionary has been indicted on four counts of “illicit sexual conduct” with minors while in Haiti, having previously been convicted of similar crimes years earlier.

Jeriah Mast, a 44-year-old resident of Millersburg, was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury on four counts of engaging in illicit sexual conduct stemming from alleged behavior in Haiti.

According to a press release from the United States Department of Justice, Mast took over 30 flights to Haiti, sometimes traveling with Christian Aid Ministries as a missionary.

During these overseas trips, which took place between 2002 and 2019, Mast allegedly abused minors in the Caribbean nation, with each count representing a different underage child.

Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew R. Galeotti

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