By Khanyisa Tabata
05 August 2011
The United States embassy says it takes the arrest in the US of a former Peace Corps volunteer on charges of sexually abusing children under six while working at a preschool in South Africa last year with the utmost seriousness.
Jesse Osmun allegedly molested at least five minor girls and engaged in illicit sexual conduct with one of them while he was serving at the Umvoti Aids Centre in Greytown in KwaZulu-Natal.
The suspect left South Africa in June 2011 and two weeks later, the Peace Corps office launched an investigation.
If convicted, Osmun faces 30-years in prison. The embassy says it is in contact with both United States and South African authorities to determine the next steps.
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