Coos Bay, Oregon man sentenced to life in prison for repeatedly sexually abusing children at an orphanage in Cambodia.
On January 18, 2018, defendant Daniel Stephen Johnson, 40, of Coos Bay, Oregon, was sentenced to life in federal prison for repeatedly sexually abusing children who lived at an orphanage he operated in Cambodia.
The sentencing was announced by Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams for the District of Oregon.
In a jury trial ending on May 16, 2018, Johnson was convicted on six counts of engaging in illicit sexual conduct in a foreign place and one count each of travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct and aggravated sexual assault with a child.
Johnson was sentenced to 30 years in prison on each count of illicit sexual conduct in a foreign place, 30 years for traveling with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, and life in prison for aggravated sexual assault with children. The sentences for engaging in illicit sexual conduct in a foreign place will run consecutively.
Between November 2005 and his arrest in December 2013, Johnson systematically and repeatedly molested children who lived at an unlicensed orphanage he started and ran in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Johnson funded the orphanage by soliciting donations from church groups in Oregon, California, Texas and elsewhere. Ten Cambodian victims—who ranged in age from seven to 18 years old at the time of abuse—have disclosed Johnson’s abuse or attempted abuse.
Victims described a pattern of molestation that includes, among other things, Johnson making them perform oral sex on him and anally raping them. Multiple victims said they were, on numerous occasions, awoken to Johnson abusing them.
Following the abuse, Johnson would sometimes provide his impoverished victims with small amounts of money or food. On one occasion, Johnson gave a victim the equivalent of $2.50 in Cambodian currency.
Johnson was arrested on December 9, 2013, by the Cambodian National Police and later convicted by a Cambodian judge of performing indecent acts on one or more children at the orphanage and sentenced to a year in prison.
Johnson was indicted by a federal grand jury in Eugene, Oregon on December 20, 2014 on one count of engaging in illicit sexual conduct in a foreign place. Seven additional charges were added by superseding indictment on May 17, 2017.
Defendant: Daniel Stephen Johnson
Criminal Charges: Six counts of engaging in illicit sexual conduct in a foreign place, one count of travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, and one count of aggravated sexual assault with a child
City and State: Coos Bay, Oregon
Exact Date: January 18, 2018 (sentencing), December 9, 2013 (arrest)
Sentence or Outcome: Life in federal prison
Dollar Amounts: None
Key Facts
- State: Oregon
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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