2 US Baptists still in Haiti quizzed by judge about pre-quake visits
By APFriday, February 19, 2010
2 US missionaries still in Haiti quizzed by judge
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A Haitian judge has quizzed two U.S. Baptist missionaries jailed on child kidnapping charges about their visits to orphanages prior to last month’s earthquake.
Laura Silsby and Charisa Coulter were not allowed to leave Haiti when the judge on Wednesday released eight other Americans with whom they were arrested Jan. 29 trying to take 33 children out of the country.
Judge Bernard Saint-Vil told reporters Friday that he is investigating what the two Meridian, Idaho, women did during a December visit. He said he would visit orphanages where they may have sought children.
U.S. Embassy officials attended the closed-door hearing but didn’t speak to reporters.
The women are due back in court on Tuesday.
