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   Investigators say the alleged abuser offered her $700 to abort the pregnancy.   
      
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   Divine Nde Momuluh, 39, has been charged with criminal sexual abuse of a   
   vulnerable adult for allegedly impregnating a woman at a group home with   
   disabilities. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)   
      
   A woman with intellectual disabilities resulting from a stroke was sexually   
   abused and impregnated early this year at a St. Anthony group home for   
   vulnerable adults by a male caregiver who worked there.   
      
   The alleged assailant then threatened the woman and offered her $700 to abort   
   the pregnancy in April, according to a state investigation and police records.   
      
   Divine Nde Momuluh, 39, of Andover, has been charged with one count of   
   criminal sexual abuse by a caregiver of a vulnerable adult, a gross   
   misdemeanor that carries a maximum sentence of one year in prison and a $3,000   
   fine.   
      
   Momuluh, who worked at the four-person group home owned by Dungarvin, stands   
   accused of having sexual intercourse with the woman on multiple occasions,   
   including in the basement, a bathroom and a room where he slept while on   
   overnight duty. The victim,    
   who was then 37, also told police that Momuluh would come into the upstairs   
   room where she slept and "touched her during overnight hours." She estimated   
   the two had sexual contact more than 10 times at the group home, according to   
   a criminal complaint    
   filed last month in Hennepin County District Court.   
      
   "The [victim] said that 'sometimes' she told [Momuluh] that she did not want   
   to have sexual contact but [he] 'talked me into doing it with him,' "   
   according to an investigation report by the Minnesota Department of Human   
   Services (DHS), which regulates    
   facilities for adults with disabilities.   
      
   The victim had suffered brain damage from a severe stroke after she underwent   
   surgery in 2014, her mother said in an interview. As a result, she had   
   "trouble reasoning and having forethought of the implications of her   
   decisions," the criminal complaint    
   says.   
      
   Repeated calls to officials at Dungarvin were not returned this week.   
      
   The alleged victim, who is not identified in the reports, told state   
   investigators that she became pregnant in February. She said Momuluh   
   threatened her and told her to lie about the pregnancy because he did not want   
   to lose custody of his children, or    
   for his children to see him in jail, according to state investigators. At one   
   point Momuluh offered the woman $700 to abort the pregnancy, according to   
   their report, and had someone he knew put the cash into the group home's   
   mailbox.   
      
   The woman had an abortion on April 28, 2018, when she was 11 weeks pregnant,   
   because of medical concerns, the state investigation found.   
      
   The victim's mother told state investigators that Momuluh "not only abused"   
   her daughter, but "also put [her] life in jeopardy." The mother told them that   
   Momuluh was a supervisor at the group home, and there were "a lot of times"   
   when her daughter and    
   Momuluh were alone together during the day, according to the state report.   
      
   DHS has disqualified Momuluh from holding any position allowing direct contact   
   with or access to people receiving services from state-licensed programs. The   
   victim has moved to a new facility with overnight supervision.   
      
   Roberta Opheim, the state ombudsman for mental health and developmental   
   disabilities, said the case is a dramatic reminder of the vulnerability of   
   people with physical and intellectual disabilities. "This was a person who was   
   not in any position to give    
   consent," Opheim said. "She was dependent on others in this facility for her   
   care and … [given] the arrangement, she was probably afraid to speak up."   
      
   This marks the third time this year that a male caregiver in a state-licensed   
   group home has been charged with criminal sexual contact with a female   
   resident with disabilities.   
      
      
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