A jury found an Edmond missionary guilty of molesting Kenyan orphans.
Matthew Durham, convicted on 7 counts, showed no emotion when the judge read the guilty verdict Friday afternoon.
Family and friends in the courtroom were visibly upset.
Since the beginning of this trial, the government said Durham preyed on the most vulnerable of victims, orphan children.
Today, prosecutors say, they got justice.
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The 20-year-old is now convicted of molesting orphan children on a 2014 mission trip to Kenya.
Prosecutors said for Durham, it was not about sex, rather, it was about power and violence.
Five of the young victims testified in a sealed courtroom against the man they once trusted.
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“If the children in the Upendo children’s home find there’s a special
need such as counseling, medical, those are things we can seek in
sentencing. Those are things we will seek,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Don
Gifford said.
Durham’s attorney, Stephen Jones, told us after the trial the defendant’s family is in shock.
Obviously this was not the outcome they were hoping for, Jones said, and they plan to appeal.
‘We protect all children, no matter where they’re from,’ Edmond missionary convicted of molesting Kenyan orphans | KFOR.com
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