Joshua Kandler sexually abused a 16 year-old girl, then told police he was giving her ‘lessons in how to please a lover’ (Pictures: Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office/Facebook)

A pedophile told police his abuse of a 16 year-old girl was only his attempt to give her lessons ‘on how to please a lover.’

Joshua Kandler, 42, was jailed for at least 71 years Wednesday after jurors disagreed with his assertion that he’d wanted to educate his victim about sex.

The child abuser, of Lincoln in Nebraska, targeted the youngster over nine months in 2017, and is believed to have groomed the girl before showing her porn.

He was arrested in February 2018.


Kandler said that when the girl came to him with questions about what she’d seen, he would expose himself to her, and make her do the same.

Kandler was held at Lancaster County Jail after his arrest in February 2018 (Picture: Google Maps)

He claimed he’d engaged in the inappropriate behavior to give her a greater understanding of her own sexuality.



But Kandler’s behavior had a terrible impact on his victim, and she told jurors: ‘When this sort of thing happens, you get mixed up.

‘Things start to blur.’

Prosecutor Charles Byrd said Kandler’s behavior was ‘manipulation and coercion at its finest,’ according to the Lincoln Journal-Star.

He said: ‘This is beyond sex education,’ and asserted that Kandler’s ultimate goal was to have sex with the vulnerable young teen.

Byrd also highlighted a recorded phone call where Kandler told his victim to pretend his ‘lessons’ ‘didn’t even happen.’

The worried youngster went on to as if she could have been exposed to a sexually transmitted infection.

Kandler responded: ‘No, I’ve been tested.’

The pervert’s Facebook page includes chilling artwork of a naked young woman being spooned by a yellow-eyed demon.

It also includes a creepy meme hinting of his love for staring at women’s breasts.

Kandler was convicted of first-degree sexual assault, child abuse, as well as a third unspecified sex crime.

He faces between 71 and 73 years in jail, and will be sentenced at a later date.