MIAMI — A jury in Miami has convicted the founder of a Haitian orphanage on charges of sexually abusing young boys at his facility located in Port-au-Prince.

The 73-year-old Michael Geilenfeld was found guilty on Thursday evening of six counts related to illicit sexual conduct with minors in a foreign country, as well as one count pertaining to travel from Miami to Haiti for the purpose of committing these illegal acts.

Geilenfeld now faces a potential prison sentence of up to 30 years for each charge when he is sentenced on May 5 by U.S. District Judge David Leibowitz.

During the trial, six Haitian men provided testimony, recounting their experiences of abuse at Geilenfeld’s St. Joseph’s Home for Boys, where they resided between 2005 and 2010. All of the victims, now in their twenties, were aged between 9 and 13 during the time of the abuse.

Despite the serious charges against him, Geilenfeld maintained his innocence, pleading not guilty throughout the proceedings. The orphanage he established in 1985, along with several others he operated in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, was shut down in 2014 due to the allegations.

The unresolved abuse claims against Geilenfeld in Haiti continue to loom as the legal outcomes unfold.