US suspect denies molesting Kenyan orphans

Stephen Jones, attorney for Matthew Lane Durham - a volunteer at the Upendo Children’s Home in Nairobi, Kenya, who faces 17 counts of sexual misconduct including aggravated sexual abuse and engaging in illicit sexual conduct in foreign places.

An Oklahoma man charged with sexually molesting children at a Kenyan orphanage told a US federal court he was innocent but believed he was possessed by an evil spirit that made him do things he does not remember.

Matthew Durham, 20, of Edmond, on Wednesday took the stand in his own defence on 17 charges of raping and sexually abusing children as young as six when he was performing Christian missionary work at the Upendo Children’s Home in Kenya.