Man with pedophilic disorder committed to Missouri mental health facility [Video]

RAY CO., Mo. (KCTV) – A man diagnosed with “pedophilic disorder” has been sent to a Missouri mental health facility where he will remain after multiple prison sentences served for child sexual exploitation.

The Missouri Attorney General’s Office announced on Wednesday, July 3, that the Sexually Violent Predator Unit successfully committed Harry Richardson, 47, to the Missouri Department of Mental Health. The move comes a day after his single-day bench trial in Ray County.

Law enforcement officials noted that Richardson was diagnosed with pedophilic disorder and has been convicted of sexual-related crimes at least three times since 1999. He previously pleaded guilty to child molestation in the second degree and spent three years in prison after he had sexual contact with a 13-year-old girl as she slept.

After he was released, court documents indicated that Richardson engaged in online communication with a person he believed to be a 13-year-old female, however, they were actually a law enforcement officer. Conversations …