60 yr old Canadian humanitarian charged with raping two young boys in Nepal

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Married Canadian humanitarian, 60, is charged with 'raping two young boys, 12 and 14, at his mountain villa in Nepal' Peter Dalglish was allegedly found in same room as two boys, 12 and 14, in April   The were found together at the former WHO official's home in Nepal by police  Boys allegedly gave detailed deskriptions of sexual contact by Dalglish to police  He was charged Monday with raping them and faces 13 years in prison Authorities said Dalglish lured children from poor families with promises of education, jobs and trips, and then sexually abused them Dalglish, who worked at UN for 30 years, has denied the allegations against him In December 2016, he was awarded the Order of Canada for humanitarian work  The 60-year-old humanitarian is married, a father-of-one and grandfather-of-four By Valerie Edwards and Hannah Moore For Daily Mail and Associated Press PUBLISHED: 12:22 EDT, 14 May 2018 | UPDATED: 13:44 EDT, 14 May 2018        e-mail   1 View comments +5 Peter Dalglish, 60, who was arrested last month at his home in Nepal has been charged with raping children after he was allegedly found with two young boys, 12 and 14 A prominent Canadian aid worker who was arrested last month at his home in Nepal has been charged with sexually abusing children. Peter Dalglish was arrested at his home with two Nepalese boys aged 12 and 14 when police performed a raid on his idyllic mountainside home in Nagarkot, near Kathmandu on April 8, according to Central Investigation Bureau chief Pushkar Karki. Karki said Dalglish was charged with raping the two boys and faces up to 13 years in prison if convicted. Authorities said Dalglish, 60, lured children from poor families with promises of education, jobs and trips, and then sexually abused them.  Investigators followed Dalglish for weeks after they received information about alleged abuses, Karki said. He said officials plan to expand their investigation because they have found evidence linked to cases of child abuse more than 12 years ago, but he would not elaborate. According to The Globe and Mail, the father of one of the boys found inside Dalglish's home said both children gave police graphic explanations of the man's alleged sexual contact with them.  Dalglish, who received the Order of Canada in 2016, denied the allegations to through his lawyer, Rahul Chapagain, who said Dalglish will plead not guilty. Chapagain said the photographs found in Dalglish's home of children, some who were naked, were similar to those an ordinary tourist would take of children living in poverty. +5 Dalglish was charged with raping the two boys on Monday and faces up to 13 years in prison if convicted +5 Dalglish was arrested after he was found with the two Nepalese boys when police performed a raid on his idyllic mountainside home (pictured) in Nagarkot, near Kathmandu on April 8, according to Central Investigation Bureau chief Pushkar Karki Dalglish himself, speaking from behind bars, told the paper he had a clean criminal record, and had simply been targeted because of his close work with young children.   'If you do the work that I do, with kids, you leave yourself open to criticism. And suspicion,' he said last month. Dalglish has held various posts, some senior, with UN agencies in Nepal, Kabul, Afghanistan and Liberia. He has also been appointed Senior Urban Advisor to the World Health Organization to help coordinate global efforts to stop the spread of Ebola.    In his most recent posting in 2015, he was the UN’s ‘country representative’ in Kabul. RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next Senior UN aid chief is being investigated over claims he...More than 10,000 children in care went missing last year... SHARE THIS ARTICLE Share Detectives claim the lawyer-turned-charity boss has been abusing children in Nepal for 15 years, after a young man in his mid-20s made historical allegations against him.  Officers said they were tipped off by workers from another charity three months ago, but also received intelligence from a foreign law enforcement agency more recently, and were following Dalglish prior to the arrest. ‘Initial investigations revealed that he had been targeting children from poo

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