He had already received a 15-year prison sentence in February 2004 on federal child pornography charges. The judge called it one of the most heinous cases of child abuse she had ever seen and sentenced him to a minimum of 35 years in prison. Two weeks ago, in a courtroom in Allegheny County, Pa., Mancuso pleaded guilty as charged. But she issued a statement to ABC News, which said: 'The unearthing of this horrific experience has further strengthened our resolve to advocate for policy and law enforcement tools to help prevent applicants with criminal motives from becoming adoptive parents in the future.' Jeannene Smith, the woman who arranged the adoption, refused to discuss the adoption, citing constraints in New Jersey law. They are motivated by desiring to help children have families.' But Atwood said typically, 'people do not provide adoption service for money. Mancuso paid tens of thousands of dollars for his adoption of Masha. And while more than $500 million has been spent on Russian adoptions since the fall of the Soviet Union, Flatley said, 'The policy seems to be, if the check clears, the kid is yours.' While post-placement supervision is required in Pennsylvania for domestic adoptions from foster care, no such law exists for international placement. Just one, they say should have turned up some disturbing details - like the fact that Masha had no bedroom. 'Something went wrong, clearly.' Adoption experts are especially troubled by the fact that, according to Masha, there were no home visits when she got to Pittsburgh. Tom Atwood, president of the National Council on Adoption, says he saw the study that was performed on Mancuso, and said it was 'fairly typical.' But he adds that Masha's adoption is not defensible. She has also been hired by Masha's lawyer to find out how a pedophile could have adopted a young child. 'It doesn't appear that they talked to anybody about Mancuso, that they simply took what Mancuso said to them at face value and placed this child with him,' said Maureen Flatley, a lobbyist who specializes in adoption and child welfare. Mancuso is very capable, willing and well-prepared to provide a stable and loving home.' Instead, Mancuso's agency relied on a home study prepared by a Pittsburgh social worker. I feel somehow responsible,' Rachelle said.īut McDade and her daughter both say they were never contacted by adoption authorities. When I first found out that he adopted a little girl I should have spoke up, I should have said something. He had molested Rachelle as a child, they said. His ex-wife, Doreen McDade, and his 28-year-old daughter, Rachelle, told ABC News he had done this before. It turns out Masha was not Mancuso's first victim. 'I guess I'd still be waiting, like I did for five years,' she said. She says she doesn't know what she would have done if they didn't come. Masha was finally rescued at the age of 10. So once I said something - I said everything else. 'It was like, I finally had someone to talk to. Holtz remembers her asking: 'Is this about my secret?' An agent had taken Mancuso inside his house, but even there, he tried to keep Masha from talking by yelling out to her.īut Masha spoke anyway. The agents found computer disks with child pornography - but the biggest discovery was to come from Masha herself. 'He wasn't happy that we were there and it was obvious to us,' he said. They immediately separated them, and Clinton says he could tell Mancuso was concerned. When they pulled up, they saw Mancuso and Masha outside. On May 27, 2003, federal agents Denise Holtz and Tom Clinton visited Mancuso's home, looking for the photos advertised on the Internet. Zaglifa pretended to want them too, and struck up a conversation with someone using the handle 'NkdSister.' After chatting with him for a bit, he had a gut feeling - and traced NkdSister's Internet address to Pittsburgh. There is a limited supply of child porn, and so pedophiles are always looking for arousing new images - so when Masha's fresh pictures appeared, this caused a feeding frenzy. Mike Zaglifa had been posing as a pedophile on the Internet, where obscene pictures of children are often traded like baseball cards. The road to Masha's rescue began hundreds of miles away in the Chicago suburb of Palos Heights. So I just didn't tell anybody, 'cause I was afraid.' 'He wouldn't tell me what it would be, but he'd just say something bad would happen. 'He'd tell me not to tell anyone, or else something bad would happen,' Masha said. To keep her silent he used rewards - as well as threats. 'But it always came back to me - couldn't stop it.' 'I'd make myself think of other things when it was happening,' she said.

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