An Elkhart man is accused of taking nude photos of minors in Goshen and claiming they were for research.

Andrew Moya, 38, was arrested Monday and charged,

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Police received a July 2 report that Moya had images of two nude girls who were under the age of 18 on a phone that had been loaned.

Police searched the phone and found four dozen photos of children and another person in various states of nudity taken without their knowledge in a bathroom. The photos reportedly are from approximately two years ago.

Moya claimed during an interview with police that the photos were for researching the female anatomy, fueled by envy out of a desire for gender transition.