Fourteen boys were raped by a man posing as a pastor in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the Panzi Foundation said Tuesday.
The 30-year-old alleged attacker was arrested in late April, civil activist Julien Namegabe told AFP.
The victims came from different families and ranged in age from eight to 15.
The suspect “bought their silence with small gifts for several weeks” according to the Panzi Foundation.
The foundation said it would help the victims “until justice was done”.
Mukwege has treated thousands of women who were raped during conflicts in eastern DR Congo over the past quarter-century.
His foundation has been involved in at least two trials before the military justice system.
In 2017, a local militia member of parliament was sentenced to life imprisonment for raping around 40 girls in Kavumu near Bukavu.
In November, a warlord was convicted of raping women and at least one girl in early 2018.
AFP
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