Korean American adoptees furious at light sentence for toddler killer

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DAMASCUS, MD (WUSA9) — – Advocates for children adopted from South Korea are furious about the light sentence handed on Tuesday to a Marine Corps vet who killed his 3-year-old adopted son. Madoc Hyunsu O’Callaghan was buried here in an all but unmarked grave. Adult adoptees from South Korea want to know how it’s possible that the dad who admitted hurling the …

California Man Says He Served as Sex Slave After Adoption

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SAN JOSE, Calif. — A man has filed a lawsuit against a California couple he says used him as a sex slave after adopting him from an orphanage in Russia at the age of 9. Denis Flynn, 23, said his father, Ralph Flynn, would abuse him more and more frequently, and his mother, Carolyn Flynn, began abusing him when he …

Los Gatos Man Sues Adoptive Parents Over Alleged Life as a ‘Sex Slave’

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A Los Gatos couple is facing criminal charges for years of alleged sexual abuse of their adoptive child. By Robert Handa A Los Gatos man claims he was forced into life as a child sex slave by his adoptive parents. Denis Flynn is now suing the couple for damages. The Los Gatos couple who adopted him also face criminal charges for …

Russian senator warns of dangers of international adoption after fresh US scandal

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The recent scandal in which a Russian-born man sued the US couple who had adopted him as a boy over “years of sexual servitude” is more proof that international adoption is dangerous, upper house MP Yelena Mizulina has said.  “With regret, I have to state once again – with frightening persistence such incidents demonstrate the dangers of international adoption. It …

We are approaching the one year anniversary of Hyunsu’s brutal death.

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As we welcome the New Year and continue seeking justice for our baby brother Hyunsu, we also are approaching the one year anniversary of his brutal death. I have created this fundraiser page to purchase either a headstone for Hyunsu’s gravesite here in the US, or a memorial plaque to be placed in his memory in Korea, depending on what is the best possible …