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Ex-missionary jailed for porn with Amazon tribal children
American man sentenced to 58 years in prison for taking smut photos with children he befriended
A screengrab from an Orlando newscast by WFTV shows Kennell with tribal children in Brazil. Photo: SCMP
A former missionary who admitted taking pornographic photos of children while working with a tribe in the Amazon region of Brazil was sentenced on Tuesday to 58 years in a US prison.
Warren Scott Kennell, 45, pleaded guilty in September to two charges of producing child pornography between 2008 and 2011.
Chief District Judge Anne Conway noted at the sentencing that Kennell had abused his position of trust as a missionary, the US Attorney’s office in Tampa said in a statement.
Warren, who is from New Jersey, conceded that he had befriended children in the tribe and then sexually abused them while working on assignment for the New Tribes Mission of Sanford, Florida.
Investigators found 940 pornographic images on an external hard drive in his luggage when he was stopped and searched in May at the Orlando International Airport.
According to prosecutors, he identified himself in one of the images as the man performing a sex act on a prepubescent girl.
A screengrab from an Orlando newscast by WFTV shows Kennell with tribal children in Brazil. Photo: SCMP
We are heartsick,” New Tribes Mission’s Pam McCurdy said in an e-mail.
We are grateful to the authorities for the prosecution of this individual,” she said, adding that New Tribes Mission was “steadfast in our commitment to do everything in our power to prevent this from happening again”.