Pastor Hit With Four New Felony Child Porn Charges

Boston’s NBC News affiliate reports:

A pastor at a New Hampshire church now faces five felony charges of possession of child sexual abuse images after investigators said they found five graphic videos showing child sex abuse images on a flash drive in his pocket.

Stephen Bates, 46, was arrested Tuesday morning at the Bible Baptist Church on Caldwell Road, where he lives, on a felony charge of possession of child sexual abuse images. Court documents released Thursday show he is now facing five charges of possession of child sexual abuse images, instead of just one.

The documents also show Bates had been under investigation dating back to 2016 after several different investigations across the country pointed back to an IP address associated with his church.

Read the full article. My first report of this creep is here.

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