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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A federal judge Monday granted bond to a 19-year-old man charged with sexually abusing boys and girls while volunteering at an orphanage in Kenya but ordered that he remain confined inside his family’s home and avoid contact with children.
U.S. Magistrate Shon Erwin handed down the ruling after a detention hearing for Matthew Lane Durham of Edmond, who is accused of engaging in sex acts with as many as ten children between the ages of 4 to 10 while volunteering at Upendo Children’s Home in Nairobi from April to June 2014. He faces up to life in prison if convicted of engaging in illegal sexual conduct in foreign places, aggravated sexual abuse with children and other charges.
“You’re going to be on 24-hour lockdown,” Erwin told Durham on Monday. He set bond at $10,000 and appointed Durham’s father, Oklahoma City Fire Department Maj. Kyle Durham, as his son’s custodian.
He also ordered that Matthew Durham surrender his passport, refrain from using cellphones and computers and avoid contact with children and any witnesses and alleged victims in the case.
“These are serious, horrific charges involving minor victims,” Erwin said.
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