VA Youth Pastor Sentenced To 20 Years For Child Porn

Richmond’s ABC affiliate reports:

A former pastor from Hopewell living in Richmond was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison Tuesday on charges of distributing child pornography while he was still on the sex offender registry for a previous offense.

Deric Wallace Peacock, 39, served as youth pastor of a church in Hopewell until 2014, when he was convicted of soliciting an undercover cop he believed to be a 12-year-old girl.

In April 2022, while he was still on the sex offender registry, Peacock was caught using “Wickr” — an encrypted messaging app — to send “images, videos and .gifs depicting the sexual abuse of children” under the username “vapastor.”

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Former Virginia pastor gets 20 years for child pornography https://t.co/enbe42IITo #Virginia

— 8News WRIC Richmond (@8NEWS) January 24, 2023

Man Pleads Guilty to Distribution of Child Pornography While on Probation for Prior Sex Offense: Deric Wallace Peacock pleaded guilty to distribution of child pornography and faces a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison. https://t.co/4rm6IKF659

— FBI Richmond (@FBIRichmond) September 23, 2022