Child Porn

Entries on these pages can contain arrests, charges, or indictments, which may eventually be reduced, dropped, or expunged, and as such, these actors may in fact be innocent in a court of law.

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2020 – Oliver’s Grove Baptist Church, Four Oaks, NC. Stephen Arthur Morris (pastor) is charged with possessing child porn after pornographic images of six unidentified children were located during exercise of a search warrant on his electronic devices. Former Johnston County pastor, already charged with child sex crimes, faces new child porn charges.
2020 – Bellview Baptist Church, Westlake, LA. John Michael Ward (pastor) pleaded guilty to producing child porn. He also admitted to investigators to raping a child for in excess of two years. Former Louisiana Pastor Gets 60 Years in Child Porn Case.
2019 – La Luz Del Mundo, Flowery Branch, GA. Joaquin Garcia (pastor) arrested on allegations of child pornography. Megachurch pastor arrested for sex trafficking.
2019 – NJ. Roger Arroyo (pastor) was arrested on “charges including second degree luring, third-degree attempted debauching morals of a child and fourth-degree attempted criminal sexual contact.” The suspect “allegedly told a supposed 14-year-old that her age was “OK with me,” and also inquired if she had watched porn before.” Philadelphia pastor among 16 men netted in New Jersey child predator investigation.
2019 – Greater Life Christian Center, Toledo, OH. Anthony Haynes (pastor) was arrested on charges he sexually assaulted a teen female. Age of first sex was when the victim was 14-years old. Ohio pastor encouraged other ministers to have sex with ‘groomed’ teen, prosecutors say. He “was found guilty of “sex trafficking and child sexual exploitation.” Ohio pastor encouraged other ministers to have sex with ‘groomed’ teen, prosecutors say
2019 – Victory Baptist Church, Kerrville, TX. Jimmy Lee McElhaney (pastor) arrested for taking alleged improper photographs of a young student at a school where he worked. Kerrville pastor ‘let go’ from local church as arrest details surface.
2019 – Fellowship Presbyterian Church’s Fellowship Day School, Greensboro, NC. Alyson Brooke Saunders (employee) charged with several sexual offenses of children and possession and production of child pornography. The victims were quite young. Former Greensboro church day school worker arrested Friday confessed in March she made child pornography, SBI says.
2019 – Horsham Bible Church, Horsham, PA. Jerry William Zweitzig (pastor) pleaded guilty to six counts including “forcing a girl to pose for sexually explicit photos and videos, and amassing more than 10,000 images of child pornography.” A former Horsham pastor pleaded guilty to child pornography and faces at least 15 years in prison.
2019 – Christ Church, Ridgewood, NJ. Gregory C. Lisby (pastor) arrested on charges of possessing child porn. Ex-N.J. pastor arrested on child porn charges while working as kindergarten teacher in Massachusetts.
2019 – Cornerstone Presbyterian Church, Cary, NC. David Nathan Kimball (youth pastor) arrested on charges of possessing child porn of girls between 4-15. Former Cary church youth worker charged with sex crime.
2019 – Mount Hope Baptist Church, Richmond, VA. Kellen Thomas Donelson (music director) arrested on charges of receipt and distribution of child porn. RPS elementary teacher, minister arrested on federal child porn charges.
2019 – Osprey Church of Christ, Osprey, FL. Charles Calvin Andrews (preacher) arrested for possessing child porn on his computer. Preacher, a registered sex offender, arrested on 500 counts of child porn.
2019 – Union Hill area church, Independence County, AR. Thomas Cody Kramer (pastor) was arrested. Police found child porn on his computer during exercise of a search warrant. Former Batesville pastor arrested on rape charges.
2019 – Rochester Diocese of New York. Michael Volino (priest) pled guilty to possessing child porn on his computer. Priest Charged with Abuse.
2019 – Christ’s Church of Son Valley, Mesa, AZ. Jay Scott Flagg (former lead pastor) was arrested on charges child porn and felony exploitation. The pastor is alleged to have trolled an Internet chatroom. Police located almost 1000 photos of the suspect masturbating which inside the church office, and some of which he sent the victim. He is also alleged to have had 160 images of “nude women and young girls possibly as young as 4.” Ex-Mesa pastor arrested in sex case.
2019 – Hanover Church of God, West Manheim Twp., PA. Stephen L. Dunn (executive pastor) was charged with possessing child pornography. Hanover-area church pastor accused of possessing child pornography.
2019 – New Hope Lutheran Church, Minong, WI. Jeffrey A. Vesta (pastor) was arrested on charges of possession of child porn. Spooner pastor arrested on child porn charges.
2018 – Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University; Calvary Baptist Church, Stamford, TX. George Coleman Baker (adjunct professor & church pastor) arrested and charged for child pornography. Professors & Staff Arrested for Trading in Child Rape.
2018 – First Baptist Church, Venice, CA. Demetrius Allen (youth pastor) arrested “for sex crimes against young girls in his congregation and for possession of child pornography.” California Youth Pastor Arrested for Sex Crimes, More Victims Suspected.
2018 – Victor United Methodist Church. Victor United Methodist Church, Greer, SC. Thomas Douglas Duncan (music director) arrested for child porn. Church music minister arrested on 10 counts of sexual exploitation charges in child porn investigation.
2018 – First Baptist Church, Wilson, NC. Daniel Franklin Heath (associate pastor) was arrested for possession of child pornography. He is alleged to have caused a 16-year old to make child porn. He has since pled guilty. Wilson pastor arrested on child porn charge.
2018 – Christ Fellowship Church, Eugene, OR. Edward Samuel Thompson (music ministry leader) arrested for “accessing, receiving, possessing and distributing child pornography.” Eugene man arrested on child porn charges. Tribune Content Agency News Service (USA), August 24, 2018, Jack Moran.
2018 – Alameda Baptist Church, Norman, OK. Phillip Paul Ratliff (pastor) arrested for child porn possession and molesting a juvenile female. Norman PD Arrests Former Pastor For Lewd Acts With A Child.
2018 – Church of Jesus Christ, South Haven, CT. Jeffrey Michael McGehee (youth leader) arrested for possession of child porn, among other charges. Youth leader of South Haven church faces charges involving sexual misconduct with minor; pastor charged with failure to report incidents.
2018 – Freedom Church (formerly known as the Philadelphia Church), Franklin, NJ. Darryl Farrier (youth pastor) arrested for online sex chats with minors, and possession of child porn. Youth minister accused of sexual chats with underage girls, possessing child porn.
2018 – La Luz del Mundo Church, Los Angeles County, CA. Naason Joaquin Garcia (pastor) was arrested and charged that he “forced victims to perform sex acts by telling them that refusing would be going against God. He is also accused of making the victims, who were members of the church, to sexually touch themselves and others. A co-defendant allegedly took nude photos of the victims and sent them to Garcia.” Pastor behind proposed mega church accused of having child porn.
2018 – Holy Childhood Church and School, Mascoutah, IL. Gerald Hechenberger (associate pastor) was arrested on charges of child pornography. A search warrant was issued for his home. Associate pastor in Mascoutah arrested on child porn allegations.
2018 – Christ Church Lutheran church, San Francisco, CA. Steven Sabin (senior pastor) was arrested for alleged possession of hundreds of images of children engaged in sex acts. SF church pastor among five men arrested in child porn busts.
2018 – Holy Childhood Catholic Church, Mascoutah, LA. Paul R. Wienhoff (priest) arrested for 16 counts of child porn. The Mascoutah church community is ‘heartbroken’ after priest’s arrest, pastor says.
2018 – Iglesia El Espiritu Santo, Salisbury, MD. Cesar M. Rios Martinez (pastor) charged with “25 counts of dealing in child pornography. Pastor of Maryland church arrested on child pornography charges in Delaware.
2017 – Easley First Baptist Church, Easley, SC. Owen Robertson (education minister) arrested for child porn. Former Easley pastor arrested on child sexual exploitation charges.
2017 – Graham Street Church of Christ, Stephenville, TX. Timothy Simon (youth pastor) was charged with possession of or promoting child pornography. Youth Pastor Arrested For Child Porn.
2017 – River Oak Church, Great Bridge, VA. Gerald Lee Porter (Bible school teacher) arrested on charges of distributing child porn. Chesapeake Bible school teacher charged with child porn distribution.
2017 – Bellevue Baptist Church, Bellevue, TX. James Holcomb Rankin (pastor) pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography. Elderly Hurst ex-pastor who kept child porn as ‘research’ gets probation, must post sex-offender sign.
2017 – Catholic Church, Union County, NJ. Kevin Gugliotta (priest) arrested for possessing and distributing child porn. Priest kept child porn as ‘revenge’ on God for poker losses.
2016 – First Baptist Church of Los Alamos, NM. Paul Cunningham (senior pastor) arrested for having “hundreds of images of child pornography on computers.” Police: Child porn found on former Los Alamos pastor’s computer.
2016 – Upper Room Christian Community, Sheboygan, WI. Travis Gandy (pastor) was imprisoned for “exposing a child to harmful material, sexual assault of a child by a person who works or volunteers with children, possession of child pornography and child sexploitation — employ, use, induce.” Former pastor, convicted sex offender to be released, live in transitional home above church.
2016 – Cornerstone Bible Fellowship Church, Sherwood, AR. Dave Glynn Reynolds (pastor) arrested and charged for “70 counts of possessing or viewing child pornography.” Legendary Pastors Who Fell From Grace.
2016 – Unidentified church, Morganford, MO. Loren Copp (former pastor) arrested for sex crimes against children, including “accused of possessing child pornography and attempting to produce it over a six-year period.” Former pastor and owner of Dojo Pizza found guilty on 8 counts of sex crimes against children.
2016 – Montandon Baptist Church, Montandon, PA. Thomas Marker (pastor) was charged with possessing child pornography. Pastor Arrested For Child Porn.
2016 – Sandia Valley Nazarene Church, Albuquerque, NM. Randal Paul (maintenance man and preparation of sermons) arrested “distributing child porn.” Registered sex offender arrested for child porn while working at Albuquerque church.
2015 – Creekside Community Church, Katy, TX. Timothy Douglas (former pastor) arrested for “possessing and promoting child pornography.” He is alleged to be downloading and sharing sexual images of children as young as five. Former Katy pastor accused of child pornography.
2015 – St Francis Episcopal, Wilmington Island, GA. Bruce Fehr (priest) charged with sexual exploitation of children and child pornography. He pled guilty to possession of child pornography. GEORGIA: Former Savannah Episcopal priest sentenced to three years in federal prison for child pornography.
2015 – Mountain Church, Medford, OR. Donald Courtney Biggs (youth pastor) was charged with six counts of attempting to use a minor to produce a visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct and other charges. Medford youth pastor indicted on federal child porn charges.
2015 – Jesus Is The Way Christian Center, DeKalb, IL. Corey D. Butler (pastor) arrested and charged with possession and distribution of child pornography. He later recanted an admission he made to police investigators. New trial date slated for DeKalb pastor in child porn case.
2015 – Eternity Church, North Charleston, SC. Karey Montrel Heyward (pastor) was arrested on charges of criminal sexual conduct with a minor. Prior to the abuse, the suspect “received a Darkness to Light child abuse prevention training certificate.” North Charleston pastor arrested after allegations of sexual abuse of minor.
2015 – Heritage Baptist Church, Greenwood, Woodstock, IL. Timothy Williams (pastor) arrested and charged with six counts of possessing child porn. Woodstock pastor arrested on child porn charges.
2015 – Blessed Sacrament Parish, Hibbing, MN. Brian Lederer (priest) arrested on charges of molestation of three girls under the age of 13 (church members). He was found not guilty of five charges and a final charge of posessing child porn was dropped because they could not prove he intentionally looked at it. Hibbing priest found not guilty in sexual abuse case.
2015 – Peoria Heights Congregational Church, Pekin, IL. Nicholas Lawrence (youth minister) arrested and charged for “child pornography … for allegedly soliciting and causing a child younger than 13 to appear in a sexually explicit photo.” Former Pekin youth minister Nicholas Lawrence charged with sex assault of preteen girl.
2015 – First Assembly of God Church, Jonesboro, AR. Anthony Waller (children’s pastor) arrested for rape and sexual assault. Child porn was found on his computer. Former children’s pastor accused of raping girls in church.
2014 – El Calvario Baptist Church, New Haven, CT. Eli Echevarria (pastor) arrested on charges of possessing child pornography. He had served his church faithfully for five years while being a registered sex offender, so this is not his first offense. Baptist Church Was Led By Sex Offender For Years.
2014 – Highland Park Baptist Church, Muscle Shoals, AL. Jeffrey Dale Eddie (children’s pastor) arrested and charged with “two counts of child pornography, 31 counts of second-degree sodomy and three counts of sexual abuse of a child under the age of 12.” According to investigators “a church employee stumbled upon Eddie with his arm around a young boy and a hand up his shirt.” Court documents released in children’s pastor sex abuse investigation.
2014 – The Life Church, Statesville, TN. Glen McCoy (co-pastor) arrested for rape of 17-year old boy. He met the boy online using a website and was in possession of photos of the two engaged in sex acts. Former school employee, pastor facing sex charges involving minor.
2014 – Unidentified church, Melbourne, AR. Robert Jackson Norton (pastor) arrested on charges he was with downloading child porn on his home computer. Former teacher/pastor charged with child pornography, sexual assault.
2014 – Missionary Baptist Church, McAlester, OK. Larry Jones (pastor) arrested for possession of child porn. McAlester pastor arrested on child pornography complaint.
2014 – St. Gabriel Episcopal Church, Titusville, FL. Lucas Dillon Brandenburg (youth pastor) arrested on “10 counts of possession of child pornography.” Youth Pastor Watch: A Den of Wolves.
2014 – Point Isabel United Methodist Church, Fairmont, IN. Byron Blue (pastor) arrested on a warrant. Police found 300 porn images on his computer equipment. 76-year-old pastor arrested on child porn charges.
2014 – North Fork Baptist Church, Shelbyville, TN. Joseph Todd Neill (youth pastor) arrested for possessing violent and sadistic images of child porn. He also faces charges of “sexual exploitation of a minor and statuary rape by an authority figure.” Youth pastor Joseph Todd Neill pleads guilty to child porn charges.
2014 – Bethel Assembly of God Church, Oakdale, CA. Tyler David Bliss (youth pastor) arrested for multiple accounts and pled guilty for one count of child pornography. The filed plea agreement indicates Bliss downloaded more than 600 images of child porn. He is alleged to have downloaded child porn at the church. Oakdale youth pastor gets 5-year sentence for downloading child pornography.
2014 – If I Stay Here Ministries, Nashville, TN. Aaron Duke (pastor) was arrested on charges of child exploitation which led to finding child pornography on one of his home computers. Burns pastor arrested after child pornography images allegedly found on home computer.
2014 – Ascension Evangelical Lutheran Church; Precious is the Child Preschool; Rochester, MN; but at time of arrest was of St. Charles, MO. Matthew D. Luetke (former youth pastor & school principal) arrested for possession of child porn on his computer and trading in child porn (with police detectives). According to the criminal complaint, “Luetke told police he had exposed himself and allowed his genitals to be touched by female relatives when they were pre-school age when the family was living in Wisconsin and Minnesota.” Former Rochester youth pastor arrested for child porn.
2014 – Foursquare Gospel Church, Ponca City, OK. Joel David Bolay (youth pastor) charged with sexual abuse, lewd acts with minors, and child pornography. Church volunteer charged with distributing child porn, lewd acts.
2014 – North Fork Baptist Church, Shelbyville, TN. Joseph Todd Neill (youth pastor) arrested for on charges of “sexual exploitation of a minor and statuary rape by an authority figure.” Youth pastor Joseph Todd Neill pleads guilty to child porn charges.
2014 – South Garland Baptist Church, Garland, TX. Derek Hutter (youth minister) arrested on charges of “continuous sexual abuse of a child, possession of child pornography and online solicitation of a minor.” In addition, “Hutter’s arrest affidavit states he and the girl had sex 20 times between Jan. 2014 and Sept. 2014, at the church and at his house.” Former Garland youth minister sentenced to 22 years in prison for enticing 13-year-old into sexual relationship.
2013 – Institute for Christian Ethics, Stetson University, DeLand FL. Clyde Edward Fant (Dean of the Chapel & professor of Christian Studies) arrested for child porn and pled guilty. Professors & Staff Arrested for Trading in Child Rape.
2013 – Shades Crest Baptist Church, Hoover, AL. Jason Michael Hankins (church worker) arrested on 22 counts of rape and sodomy of 7-year old girl (and child pornography). He was convicted. “The seven-year-old child was not Hankins’ only victim, as he possessed more than 100 videos and more than 1,000 images of child pornography, including a video of a man raping a toddler, according to the sentencing memorandum.” Former church worker sentenced to 50 years for sexual abuse and child pornography.
2013 – Church of God, Shippensburg, PA. Keith R. Bell (pastor) arrested on two counts of possession of child pornography. He pled guilty. Shippensburg pastor pleads no contest to possession of child pornography.
2013 – Newton County church, Beaumont, TX. Trevion Lechay Ethridge (former youth pastor) pled guilty to charges of child pornography. However, he is also charged with “sexual assault and online solicitation of a minor.” Former youth pastor from east Texas sentenced to more than 23 years in federal prison for producing child pornography.
2013 – Jones Grove Pentecostal Holiness Church, Mount Olive, Wayne County, NC. Timothy Strickland (pastor) arrested on charges of child pornography involving victims between 4-10 years old. Former Pastor Arrested On Child Porn Charges.
2013 – First Congregational Church, Dundee, IL. Chad Coe (pastor) arrested for explicit sexting and rape of a minor female (church member) in the church basement. He pled guilty to “criminal sexual abuse,” though “prosecutors dismissed the most serious charges.” Charges of possessing child porn were dropped. Ex-youth minister gets 7 years in prison for sexually abusing teen.
2013 – Newton County church, Beaumont, TX. Trevion Lechay Ethridge (former youth pastor) charged with “sexual assault and online solicitation of a minor.” Former youth pastor from east Texas sentenced to more than 23 years in federal prison for producing child pornography.
2013 – Parkade Baptist Church, Columbia, MO. Dale Johnson (youth pastor) arrested for sexual assault of a female under 14 on several occasions, as well as possessing child porn. Columbia church youth pastor charged with statutory sodomy, child porn out on bond.
2012 – Peninsula Metropolitan Community Churches, San Mateo, CA. Brandon Lee Hamm (volunteer pastor) arrested for child pornography and “an ongoing inappropriate sexual relationship with a minor.” It is alleged he used social media and sending porn to a minor using email. MCC pastor arrested on child sex charges.
2011 – Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church, Seattle, WA. Timothy L. Dampier (youth pastor) found guilty of possession of child pornography.” Minister musician pleads guilty to 22 counts of child abuse.
2011 – Unidentified Church, Blue Springs, MO. Dennis W. Myers (youth minister) “was charged with three counts of child pornography.” He was indicted by a federal grand jury. He was charged at the county level with “with statutory sodomy, attempted enticement of a child, first-degree child molestation and child pornography charges, as well as two charges of sexual misconduct involving a child.” Former youth pastor indicted on child porn charge.
2011 – First Baptist Church, Duenweg, MO. Michael Alan Crippen (pastor) pled guilty to possessing child pornography. He was charged with “100 pornographic images of children on his home computer, including photos of kids under the age of 10.” Michael Crippen: Baptist Preacher Pleads Guilty to Child Porn.
2011 – St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church, Berlin, CT. Michael Miller, aka Brendan Duvey (priest) was charged with possession of child pornography. He was already under arrest for other sex charges. Police “recovered five videos from Miller’s computer depicting what appeared to be child pornography. The children engaging in sex acts in the videos appeared to be as young as 6 years old.” Berlin Priest Accused Of Sexual Talk With More Boys, Possessing Child Porn.
2010 – Biblical Ministries of Tampa, FL. Eric Spandorf (pastor) arrested trying to sell child porn. Online Pastor Eric Spandorf Arrested In Kiddy Porn Investigation.
2010 – Biblical Ministries of Tampa, FL. Robert Paul Primavera (pastor) arrested trying to sell child porn. Online Pastor Eric Spandorf Arrested In Kiddy Porn Investigation.
2010 – Albertson Memorial Church of Spiritualism, Greenwich, CT. Simeon Stefanidakis (pastor) charged with “possession and transportation of child pornography.” Reverend charged in child porn case worked beside elementary school.
2009 – Home-based Minister, 7th District AME Church, Summerville, SC. Kevin Jerome Powers (minister) arrested for possessing child pornography and seized his home computer. Another pastor faces sex crime accusation.
2009 – Unidentified church, Kenai, AK. Richard J. Wagner (youth pastor) pled guilty to “one count of second-degree sexual abuse of a minor and one count of possession of child porn.” Youth Pastor Richard J. Wagner Sentenced for Child Sex Abuse.
2007 – United Methodist Church, Geff, IL. Lawrence J. Reinke (pastor) for alleged sex with an 11-year old boy. He was also charged with possessing child pornography. Defense Seeks to Repress Confession by Pastor in Child Sex Abuse Case [Courier & Press; USA Today Network, Evansville, IN].
2007 – University Baptist Church, Huntsville, AL. Matthew Stowe (minister of music) was charged with two counts of possessing child porn. “Investigators also say they recovered explicit child pornography images and movies on the hard drive of Stowe’s home computer and a computer at the church.” Music minister arrested on child porn charges.
2007 – Shellman United Methodist Church, Shellman, GA. Harold Clinton Lasseter (pastor) arrested on charges of receiving and possessing child pornography. Clergyman arrested on sex charge.
2006 – Gale’s Office Supply and Books, Vernal, UT. Brad R. Gale (religious bookstore owner) arrested for sexual abuse of a teen boy and “producing pornographic images of the victim.” The initial charges included 33 counts and “federal grand jury indicted him on child pornography charges.” The offender involved others in the sexual activities. “Prosecutors allege Gale bound the boy by his wrists and ankles and sexually abused him while [another man] watched.” Brad R. Gale Sentenced to Additional 10 Yrs. in Child Sex Abuse Case [Deseret News].
2005 – Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Grand Prairie, TX. Matthew Allen Bagert (priest) was reported to the diocese for viewing child porn on his rectory computer. He arrested and eventually pled guilty. Accused priests identified in records seized at Shalom Center in Montgomery County.
2004 – Friendship Community Church (then known as Friendship Baptist Church); Warner Christian Academy, Edgewater, Matthew Graziotti (former youth pastor) arrested for “sex offenses” of minors, and possession of child pornography. One of the photos is alleged to show the pastor in the act of abusing a prepubescent boy. Police: Child porn suspect accused of sex offenses at Edgewater church.
2004 – Friendship Community Church (then known as Friendship Baptist Church); Warner Christian Academy, Edgewater, Matthew Graziotti (former youth pastor) arrested for “sex offenses” of minors, and possession of child pornography. One of the photos is alleged to show the pastor in the act of abusing a prepubescent boy. Police: Child porn suspect accused of sex offenses at Edgewater church.
1997 – Christ United Methodist Church, Independence, MO; First United Methodist Church, Springdale, AR. Dennis W. Myers (youth minister) “pleaded guilty in August to transporting a minor across state lines for illegal sexual activity and to receiving child pornography over the Internet.” In addition, “Myers reportedly admitted to police to molesting at least 12 children over a 20-year period. The victims included boys and girls, some as young as 6 years old.” 1) Former Independence youth minister sentenced to 30 years in child porn, sex case. 2) Former disc jockey being released from prison / 4-21-16.