Mennonite Missionary Sentenced In Child Porn Case

HARRISONBURG, Va. (AP) -- A former Mennonite missionary who was convicted of secretly filming teenage relatives having sex with international students in Harrisonburg has been sentenced.

Andrew Max Eggman Jr. was sentenced Tuesday in Rockingham County Circuit Court to 10 years in prison, with all but two months suspended. The 46-year-old defendant was sentenced under a plea agreement on charges of felony indecent liberties with a child in a supervisory position and felony production of child pornography.

Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney Clark Ritchie said Wednesday that taking the case to trial would have been difficult because the Eastern Mennonite University students have returned to their homes in China, Japan and Vietnam.

The offenses occurred in 2006.