Matthew Durham, 21, former Oklahoma missionary who volunteered at a Kenyan Orphanage and has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for sexually abusing children. Photo/The Star
A former missionary volunteer at a Kenyan orphanage has been jailed for 40 years in the US for sexually abusing children at the home. The Star reports.
According to the site, twenty-one year old Matthew Durham from Oklohama was sentenced on Monday by Judge David Russell on four counts of “engaging in illicit sexual conduct in foreign places".
Durham will further pay $15,863 (Sh1.6 million) compensation.
"These were heinous crimes committed on the most vulnerable victims. He was their worst nightmare come true," Russell said as reported by KTLA media. In a span of just 33 days, Durham “raped three girls — ages 5, 9 and 15 — at least eight times. During that same time period, he sexually molested a 12-year-old boy twice".
Prosecutors said Durham “not only abused children,” but “he psychologically damaged them by taking advantage of their trust".
The prosecutors said that Durham targeted orphans while volunteering at the Upendo Children's Home in Nairobi between April and June 2014.
-The Star