JESSIE L. BONNER
Associated Press Writer
MERIDIAN, Idaho – A tearful Idaho congregation heard their pastor warn that church members detained in Haiti after attempting to take 33 children into the Dominican Republic could face child trafficking charges. Then the pastor urged them to pray.
“It should be very obvious, after our team was arrested, that prayer is needed more now than perhaps at any other time,” Senior Pastor Clint Henry said during Sunday services at Central Valley Baptist Church in Meridian, west of Boise.
The 10 detained Americans – five of whom are members of Henry’s church – were told they face a possible court hearing in Port-au-Prince on Monday. But Haiti’s justice secretary, Amarick Louis, told the AP on Sunday that a commission would meet Monday to determine if the group would go before a judge.