A Texas missionary accused of sexually molesting 11 children at a Malawi orphanage will continue to be held in a federal detention center in Odessa without bond after he waived a preliminary hearing regarding the probable cause for his arrest.
The Odessa American reports that Gerald Dean Campbell, who is charged with engaging in illicit sexual conduct in foreign places, waived the hearing Friday and could face up to life in federal prison if convicted.
According to a federal complaint, Campbell admitted to agents when they interviewed him last month to having sexual contact with 11 orphans, eight of whom he believed to be minors.
Campbell was the general manager of the Victory Christian Children's Home from 1997 until 2009, when he resigned amid the sexual abuse claims
