Visiting missionary sentenced to two years mistook Rosengart man moving in dusk-lit bush for bear and fired fatalshot

By:Dean Pritchard| Posted:7:00 PM CDT Wednesday, Apr. 6, 2022

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German citizen Carsten Aust visited Canada to raise awareness and funds for a Philippine children’s charity, but his noble mission took a tragic turn after an ill-fated decision to join his new friends hunting for a bear ended in the death of a 59-year-old Rosengart man.

“In his wildest dreams, he never imagined he would be in a courtroom facing any charge of any kind,” his lawyer Jeff Gindin told court Wednesday. “It’s a terrible tragedy.”

A Facebook page for Vision Help International Care Foundation (Philippines) identifies Carsten and Mercy Aust as the charity’s founders.

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