By Morning Star News
Expatriate Christians who ran an orphanage in Morocco until they were deported on charges of proselytism said yesterday (June 1) they will take their fight to be reunited with the children to the Supreme Court if necessary.
An appellate court earlier this month delivered a verbal ruling in favor of the Moroccan government, which had deported Village of Hope staff members – many of whom lived with and raised the orphans as “foster” parents – and their birth children in 2010 as part of a larger purge of Christians from the country. The May 7 ruling by the Administrative Court of Rabat stated that Village of Hope has no legal status to file any claims. Village of Hope seeks to resume operation of the orphanage, near Ain Leuh, 50 miles south of Fez.
Village of Hope workers said there is still uncertainty about the appellate court ruling.
“The problem with news about the court case is that we have no written verdict of the court as yet, and so we do not know exactly what has been decided by the court, and more importantly what the motivation of the judge(s) is/has been,” said Herman Boonstra, one of the Village of Hope workers. “Whatever the case may be, our lawyers will be ready to take it to Supreme Court level if necessary.”
The state’s appeal this month came after an October 2012 oral ruling, released in writing in January, stipulating that the association was a legitimate legal entity with the right to seek legal redress of grievances. The May 7 ruling could shatter the group’s legal claim to the orphanage, which is operating under state-appointed leadership, and enable the government to control the assets of Village of Hope, valued at more than $1 million, former workers said.
Read more at http://au.christiantoday.com/article/christians-deported-from-morocco-fight-to-be-reunited-with-orphans/15511.htm
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