Florida Church Leader Arrested On Child Porn Charges

Panama City’s NBC affiliate reports:

A church leader in Okaloosa County, Florida has been arrested and is facing several counts of possession of child pornography after a months-long investigation. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) received a tip back in May 2024.

Information obtained from the tip and other findings ultimately led law enforcement to a home on 8th Street in Shalimar, owned by 64-year-old Frank Gough II. Gough has served since 2010 as Friar of Resurrection Anglican Church, also in Shalimar.

During the search, law enforcement located and seized multiple computer storage devices found in a desk drawer in Gough’s bedroom. Forensic analysis of those devices found them to hold more than 100 files of child porn, “including video of a young female who appears to be between three and five years old.”

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