Oklahoma man convicted of illegal sexual contact at Kenyan orphanage
By Heide Brandes OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - A jury at a federal court in Oklahoma City on Friday found an Oklahoma man charged with molesting orphans in Kenya during his Christian missionary work guilty...
View ArticleOklahoma man denies charges in Kenya child sex abuse case
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma man accused of sexually abusing children at an orphanage in Kenya testified Wednesday about his Christian faith and his onetime belief that he was possessed by a demon...
View ArticleDefense testimony to begin in trial for accused Edmond missionary
by Kyle Schwab After four more alleged victims testified Monday, prosecutors wrapped up their case against an Edmond missionary accused of sexually abusing Kenyan children. Matthew Lane Durham, 20, is...
View ArticleOklahoma man convicted of illicit sexual conduct in Kenya
OKLAHOMA CITY — A federal jury convicted an Oklahoma man on Friday of illicit sexual conduct with children at a Kenyan orphanage that specializes in caring for neglected children. Matthew Lane Durham,...
View ArticleOklahoma man convicted of molesting Kenyan orphans
OKLAHOMA CITY - A federal jury convicted an Oklahoma man on Friday of illicit sexual conduct with children at a Kenyan orphanage that specializes in caring for neglected children. Matthew Lane Durham,...
View ArticleTrial continues in case against Edmond missionary accused of sex crimes in...
by Kyle Schwab Modified: June 17, 2015 at 1:38 pm • Matthew Lane Durham on Wednesday began testifying in his defense about allegations related to sex crimes with Kenyan children. Durham, 20, of Edmond,...
View ArticleDefense testimony begins in Edmond missionary's trial
Defense attorneys Tuesday began their side in the trial of an Edmond missionary accused of sexually abusing Kenyan children by having a child forensic interviewing expert testify. by Kyle Schwab...
View ArticleTrial set to begin for man accused in Kenyan child sex abuse case
by Kyle Schwab Kenyan children allegedly sexually abused by an Edmond missionary at a Nairobi orphanage in 2014 are scheduled to testify next week in a nearly empty Oklahoma City courtroom. Matthew...
View ArticleJurors did not reach a verdict Thursday in the trial of a former Edmond...
The jury did not reach a verdict in the trial of a former Edmond missionary accused of sexually abusing Kenyan children. They will continue deliberations Friday. by Kyle Schwab Modified: June 18, 2015...
View ArticleFormer missionary tells jurors he confessed out of fear
Matthew Lane Durham, 20, is accused in Oklahoma City federal court of 17 counts of rape and molestation of eight children while on a mission in 2014 at an African orphanage. The trial could conclude...
View ArticleTrial begins for Edmond man accused of sex acts with children on Kenyan...
Prosecutors on Wednesday opened their case against Matthew Lane Durham, an Edmond,S missionary accused of sexually abusing Kenyan children at a Nairobi orphanage in 2014 by reading from his signed...
View ArticleFormer missionary’s guilty verdict ‘cannot bring back the innocence’
Jurors on Friday found former Edmond missionary Matthew Lane Durham guilty of illicit sexual conduct against seven Kenyan children while at an African orphanage in 2014. A judge will decide his...
View ArticleJury selection begins for Oklahoma man accused of abuse
AP • Jury selection has begun in the federal trial of an Oklahoma man accused of sexual misconduct with children at an orphanage in Kenya. Matthew Lane Durham was a volunteer at the Upendo Children's...
View ArticleFormer Edmond missionary convicted of sex crimes makes new trial request
The former Edmond missionary found guilty of committing sex crimes while on a mission trip in Africa is requesting a new trial, calling his conviction “a miscarriage of justice.” Matthew Lane Durham’s...
View ArticleOklahoma man pleads not guilty to child abuse at orphanage in Kenya
Matthew Lane Durham, 19, was indicted on three felony counts by a federal grand jury Tuesday that accused him of traveling from Oklahoma City to Africa to sexually abuse children at an orphanage near...
View ArticleVerdict reached in Edmond man's child sex abuse trial
By Kyle Schwab, Staff Writer • Modified: June 19, 2015 at 1:14 pm • Jurors have reached a verdict in the federal trial of a former Edmond missionary accused of sexually abusing Kenyan children. The...
View ArticleJurors weigh case of Oklahoma man charged with molesting Kenyan orphans
OKLAHOMA CITY A jury at a federal court in Oklahoma City began deliberations on Thursday in the case of an Oklahoma man charged with molesting eight orphans in Kenya when he was in the country for...
View ArticleOklahoma missionaries go back to Africa
Edmond, Oklahoma, missionaries Jerome and Shanna Crawford are planning to return to Ebola-ravaged Sierra Leone to share food, medicine and the message of Christ. by Carla Hinton Modified: November 5,...
View ArticleDid federal prosecutors commit misconduct in Edmond missionary's sexual...
Oklahoma County's district attorney has reported to a federal judge that federal prosecutors may have committed misconduct during the highly publicized federal sexual assault trial of a former Edmond...
View ArticleOklahoma man tells court he has no memories of molesting Kenyan children
OKLAHOMA CITY An Oklahoma man charged with sexually molesting children at a Kenyan orphanage told a U.S. federal court on Wednesday he was innocent but believed he was possessed by an evil spirit that...
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