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A Lancaster County man is facing decades behind bars for sexually abusing four minor children, two as young as 11-years-old, in an orphanage in which he and his wife operated in the Republic of Kenya, authorities said.
Gregory Dow, 61, and his family traveled from Lancaster County to Boito, Kenya to start an orphanage known as the Dow Family Children’s Home, in 2008, according to Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams.
The orphanage remained in operation for nearly a decade with financial support from donors in the United States, including churches and other faith-based organizations, Williams said.
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âA former East Hempfield Township man who sexually abused four girls for years at his Kenyan orphanage will spend nearly 16 years in federal prison and the rest of his life on supervision,â LNP | LancasterOnlineâs Dan Nephin reported last week. âU.S. District Judge Edward Smith said Gregory Hayes Dowâs crimes were âas evil, as depraved, as any case thatâs come before me.â â Dow â who also was convicted in Iowa in 1996 for assault with intent to commit sexual abuse on a child â established the Dow Family Childrenâs Home in Boito, Kenya, in 2008 with his wife, Mary Rose Dow. She was convicted and fined in Kenya for taking girls at the childrenâs home to get birth control devices implanted without their consent so her husband could assault them without impregnating them. Gregory Dow fled Kenya in 2017 to avoid prosecution in that country.
Man Sentenced for Engaging in Illicit Sexual Conduct with Minors in the Republic of Kenya Details Written by DOJ
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - A Pennsylvania man was sentenced Thursday to over 15 years in prison plus a lifetime of supervised release, and ordered to pay $16,000 in restitution for engaging in illicit sexual conduct in a foreign place.
Acting Assistant Attorney General Nicholas L. McQuaid of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and Special Agent in Charge Michael Driscoll of the FBI’s Philadelphia Field Office made the announcement.
According to information provided to the court, the investigation of this case revealed that Gregory Dow, 61, of Lancaster County, traveled to the Republic of Kenya in 2008 to start an orphanage which came to be known as the Dow Family Children’s Home. While running the orphanage with his wife, Dow sexually ab
An American man identified as Gregory Dow has been sentenced to over 15 years in prison plus a lifetime of supervised release, for engaging in illicit sexual conduct in Kenya.
According to a statement by The United States Department of Justice, the court also ordered Dow, to pay a total of $16,000 in restitution.
Investigation by FBI’s Philadelphia Field office with assistance from Kenyan authorities and local law enforcement in Lancaster County revealed that the 61-year old Dow travelled to Kenya in 2008 to start an orphanage with his wife.
Dow while still maintaining close ties with the US sexually abused the children at the orphanage called Dow Family Children’s Home on multiple occasions.
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