(KAIR)--A man arrested last week at a Leavenworth area nudist park is facing child pornography charges. 

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, 58-year-old Christopher Saemsisch appeared in United States District Court, in Kansas City, Kansas on Monday. The Olathe resident is charged in federal court in Boston, Massachusetts with one count of distributing child pornography. 

He was arrested Friday at thenGaea Retreat Center near Leavenworth. 

A criminal complaint and affidavit filed in Boston alleges that the registered sex offender used the internet to distribute child pornography to a Massachusetts prison inmate. 

It's alleged that Saemsisch told the inmate in emails that he was collecting child porn and wanted to travel to Europe to have sex with children. 

He faces a maximum sentence of ten years in prison and a fine up to $250,000.