Friday, September 26, 2008

Another child pornography arrest

I have an hour to go before three hours in the dentist's chair. I might as well make a post on another potential wayward pastor. This incident is from Texas (again).

Pastor Steve Richardson of the First Methodist Church of Royse City, was arrested for possession of Child Pornography on September 25.  Richardson has been a pastor at the church for two years. He was immediately suspended.

Richardson is accused of receiving and distributing child pornography.

Mr. Richardson, who used the name "cowboysspades" online, is accused of receiving and distributing dozens of images of child pornography, including "images of infants engaged in sexually explicit conduct," according to U.S. Attorney Richard Roper's office.

A Sept. 26, 2007 investigation led to the arrest of a man who remembered that "cowboysspades" had sent him "homemade" images within the past three months, the U.S. Attorney's office said.

This case is creepy. How does any sane person get off on pictures of infants having sex? How does this same man then get up in front of a congregation and preach? It blows my mind.