He claims it was the devil's fault as he was possessed by an evil spirit and didn't remember doing it. Amazing how religion is used to justify something as vile as peadophilia.
Also it didn't matter to him about human judgement in court, as he wasn't afraid of god's judgement. Which is the highest bestest judgement you know. I guess that means he reckons the invisible sky man has forgiven him for kiddy fiddling so it's all good now.
Durham, of Edmond, Oklahoma, claimed he did not molest the children, but during a preliminary hearing prosecutors said Durham told Upendo personnel that he thought he had been possessed by an “evil spirit” because he did not remember committing the crimes.
A live-in caretaker at the orphanage said that the children said Durham either touched them sexually or told them to touch themselves while he watched, prosecutors said during the same preliminary hearing.
When confronted by the founder of Upendo and several church members, Durham is alleged to have confessed to several instances of rape and sexual abuse of children, according to a criminal affidavit.
Last June, a federal jury found Durham guilty on seven counts including engaging in illicit sexual conduct in foreign places. However, in January U.S. District Judge David Russell acquitted him on three of the counts because the judge felt the prosecutors had failed to establish Durham engaged in a sexual act with the victim alleged in those counts.
Durham, who was also fined $15,863, had previously pleaded not guilty to 17 charges.
Prosecutors argued that Durham used his position as a missionary to prey upon young victims, but Durham’s attorney claimed the man’s handwritten and taped confessions were coerced. Officials with the orphanage reported Durham to authorities after they sent him home, according to court records.
“Judgment from God is central, not the judgment of man,” Durham said in court in Oklahoma City on Monday. “I do not fear God’s judgment.” Raw Story
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