Gay Connecticut couple accused of raping adopted children will face trial

[Marvel]

The case of a same-sex Connecticut couple accused of repeatedly raping and abusing two of their nine adopted boys is headed for trial.
Married couple George Harasz and Douglas Wirth of Glastonbury were supposed to be sentenced Friday in Hartford Superior Court under a plea deal, but instead withdrew from their agreement with prosecutors. The men had already pleaded no contest in January to one felony count each of risk of injury to a minor — a reduction from even more serious charges related to sexual assault.
But in a surprise turn, the couple’s attorneys pulled them out of the plea in a bid to fully clear their names, according to CBS affiliate WFSB-TV.
If Harasz, 49, and Wirth, 45, had continued with the deal, they would have been given suspended prison sentences and probation, WFSB-TV said.
But more allegations came to light Friday in the explosive case, and prosecutors said they also want to go to trial.
“I think the only proper resolution of this matter is to try it,” said prosecutor David Zagaja, according to the Hartford Courant.


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Judge Joan Alexander agreed that a trial would be “in the interest of justice. The facts must be shown and must be shown publicly.”
Harasz and Wirth adopted nine children — three sets of male siblings — beginning in 2000, and ran a home-based dog breeding business called The Puppy Guy.
The couple was arrested in November 2011 following a police and state investigation of sex-abuse allegations. The children were removed from the home.
Police said two boys, ages 5 and 15, accused Harasz of sexually assaulting them. Harasz was initially facing first-degree sexual assault and other charges, while Wirth had been charged with third-degree sexual assault of the 15-year-old boy.
Their arrest warrants claimed the couple not only sexually and physically abused the children, but also forced them to sleep in closets.
Other children in the home told authorities that they weren’t abused, and prosecutors had agreed to a plea deal because they said a lack of forensic evidence would make it difficult to prove all of the allegations.


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But now, three other children are claiming they were also abused, although no new criminal charges had been filed Friday, the Hartford Courant reported.
One of the victims who spoke during the court hearing said sexual assault began when he was 6.
“They took turns raping me over and over,” he said. “Anyone who would do this to a child is a sick, demented person.”
Supporters of Harasz and Wirth also spoke Friday in defense of the couple. One of their children, Carlos Harasz, said the accusers were lying and that the abuse suffered was under previous foster parents.
Carlos Harasz added that the state Department of Children and Families “took the word of an angry, damaged, disturbed boy and destroyed a family.”
Police have been ordered to investigate the latest accusations, and the parties are set to appear in court again June 5.
With News Wire Services
eortiz@nydailynews.com


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Its obvious why they adopted 9 boys

 

[the cac mamba]

this is a huge black eye for that movement . im sure hoegli will post some smug outraged comment within the hour, the only question is which alias he'll use

 

[the mechanic]

They look more like 2 pedophiles who took advantage of lax MA adoption laws to procure victims than a real gay couple.

 

[88m3]

gay=/pedophile

 

[the mechanic]

@Mowgli is speeding towards this thread like

 

[Majestyx]

@Mowgli is speeding towards this thread like

nah, he just had a kiid. there mayy be less posting by them


these dudes just gave gay folks an L even tho gay/=pedo

 

[Blackking]

so shocked. so so so shocked. but anyways, str8 couples have situations where kids r raped.... But if I gave my son up for adoption and had to check a box- gay males or str8 couple.... I think the choice is obvious.

 

[Pool_Shark]

Disgusting, poor kids

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

nah, he just had a kiid. there mayy be less posting by them


these dudes just gave gay folks an L even tho gay/=pedo

Lol...he posted 115 times on the day his son was born.

 

[Majestyx]

Lol...he posted 115 times on the day his son was born.

i'll take my L... i guess i was just wishful thinking

 

[Existential]

Haven't straight "couples" done the same thing before? Not too far fetched to imagine a pedophile and his sick female partner teaming up to adopt kids to molest.

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

Lol...he posted 115 times on the day his son was born.

how will he pass on his Brazilian Jiu Jutsu lineage to his family if he's gonna be taking his time to call you a fakkit on here.

 

[MBwithadream]

In for Mr.Somebody,,

I told ya'll what happens when let gays do what they want.

 

[Metta World Movement]

Can't wait to see the dozens of posts from people acting like this hasn't happened before with straight couples

 

[The Real]

Haven't straight "couples" done the same thing before? Not too far fetched to imagine a pedophile and his sick female partner teaming up to adopt kids to molest.

Yeah, they have. Most pedophiles are straight, because most people are straight. Most abusers are men, though (even though female abusers are underreported,) so it looks like gay people are more likely to abuse because you see a disproportionate amount of men abusing boys.