XOM API for Processing XML with Java

[Sandy Mustard <smustard AT cinci.rr.com>]

I have some text that I need to convert to xml.  The text is:
"Ing. Libor Vos\xe1hlo\nSenior project manager\nforteq Czech\nKopisty 1- 
areal MUS,a.s.\nCZ - 43401, Most - Kopisty\nTel: +420 476 203 826\nFax: 
+420 476 203 835\nMobil: +420 602 109 446\n"

I am converting the "\n" sequences to new lines (x0a).
Note the character sequence that is \xe1.  I convert this sequence with 
a character with a value of 225 (xe1).
I am using XOM to create the XML
                        Attribute attr = new Attribute("Text", textString);
                          xmlClass.addAttribute(attr);
and here is the output:

<MyElem Text="Ing. Libor Vosáhlo&#x0A;Senior project manager&#x0A;forteq 
Czech&#x0A;Kopisty 1- areal MUS,a.s.&#x0A;CZ - 43401, Most - 
Kopisty&#x0A;Tel: +420 476 203 826&#x0A;Fax: +420 476 203 
835&#x0A;Mobil: +420 602 109 446&#x0A;" />

Note the correct last name in the data (with the á)

However, when reading this in various XML parsers, I get a 
"java.io.UTFDataFormatException: Invalid byte 2 of 3-byte UTF-8 
sequence" error.

How do I pass this string to XOM to get the correct UTF-8 encoding?

Thank you.

Sandy Mustard