A pilot for the private plane used by Joe White, Morgan was charged with sodomizing a female victim under the age of 14 in 2000. White invited him to stay on Kanakuk grounds while awaiting trial. White later testified for Morgan’s defense as a character witness, stating that he would have no problem allowing the man to babysit his own children and encouraging the judge that Morgan would be better rehabilitated outside of prison. It is unknown if Morgan abused any campers during his multiple years of affiliation with Kanakuk and his off-season residence on camp property.
Tripgoers have shared that Morgan transported Kanakuk personnel and high-profile friends of Joe White to international locations such as Haiti for Kanakuk International mission trips. Morgan was found guilty of statutory sodomy in 2009 and sentenced to 25 years in prison. He was released in 2019.
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Robert John Morgan, a former pilot for Kanakuk CEO White, pleaded guilty in 2004 to sexually abusing a young girl and remains on Missouri's sex offender registry.
In 2000, when Morgan was awaiting trial and White knew that he had confessed to hiw wife that he had sodomized an adolescent female relative, White gave him off-season housing at Kanakuk.
White also testified as a character witness on Morgan’s behalf, saying, “rehabilitation on this side of prison walls is much more healthy for him than rehabilitation behind prison walls.”
The judge sentenced Morgan to 10 years.
- Survivors, ex-employees say Kanakuk Christian camp 'ministered' to its sexual predators, USA Today - May 27, 2022
