TX Youth Pastor Pleads Guilty To Producing Child Porn

Abilene’s CBS affiliate reports:

An Abilene preschool employee has pleaded guilty to producing child pornography. Mark Eichorn pleading guilty to Production of Child Pornography in Federal court Tuesday morning. He will be sentenced for the crime after a pre-sentencing investigation.

Court documents state Eichorn was acting as a “sugar daddy” for children in another state, paying them to send the lewd images. He will have a federal detention hearing later this week. Eichorn was employed as Preschool Teacher Assistant at St. John’s Episcopal School prior to his arrest.

The investigation into Eichorn started when a Georgia parent noticed her 13-year-old son had more money in his bank account than he should have. Allegedly, the boy was sending inappropriate pictures and videos of himself to Eichorn in exchange for money.

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Mark Eichorn, 27, now former Preschool Teacher Assistant at St. John’s Episcopal School & youth minister at Impact Temple Church, pled guilty to producing child sexual abuse material. Court documents state Eichorn was acting as a “sugar daddy” for children in another state,… pic.twitter.com/yBmCSjKnOw

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