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Related: About this forumTeen Missionary on Kenya Trip Allegedly Raped Orphans
The suspect was volunteering at a Kenyan children's home when he allegedly raped and molested a number of young children.
According to court records, 19-year-old Matthew Durham confessed to raping several young girls, forcing some boys to perform oral sex on him and even making other kids watch.
Nineteen year-old Matthew Durham volunteered at the orphanage in Nairobi several times over the last two years with an organization called Upendo, which "assists neglected Kenyan kids by providing food, housing, clothes and religion." Durham requested to stay at the orphanage with the children in a "overflow bunk" instead of offsite accommodations.
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rug
(82,333 posts)xfundy
(5,105 posts)With thieves, liars, cheaters, killers, abusers, and other f'd up manipulators of others.
rug
(82,333 posts)cbayer
(146,218 posts)This has absolutely nothing to do with someone hiding behind religion.
bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)nt
cbayer
(146,218 posts)and will be tried there. But they also say he could face charges in the US.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)okasha
(11,573 posts)so young. Good for the kids who spoke out.
Schema Thing
(10,283 posts)hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)cbayer
(146,218 posts)can find nothing to indicate that he personally has any religious affiliation at all.
This is a terrible, terrible thing and the organization should be faulted for lack of oversight, because they are vulnerable to getting these kinds of perverted pedophiles as "volunteers".
But to somehow related this to religion is just plain despicable.
trotsky
(49,533 posts)What. the. fuck.
No one blamed religion for this cbayer, it's just a news story that illustrates a potential problem with religious mission programs. I think we can all agree we hope missionary programs develop a way to deal with their pedophile problems.