Youth Pastor Charged With Child Porn Dies By Suicide

Montgomery’s ABC affiliate reports:

A former Troy church volunteer accused of possessing child porn has reportedly taken his own life. Samuel McCall was arrested on Wednesday, January 29, and charged with one count Possession of Child Pornography with Intent to Disseminate. He was released from the Pike County Jail on a $25,000 bond.

According to Pike County Sheriff Russell Thomas, shortly after he was released on bond, McCall died by suicide in his house and was found by his father.

District Attorney James Tarbox says at the time of McCall’s arrest, he was a volunteer in a local church youth group, but it is not believed that there are any local victims of the child pornography.

Read the full article. My report on the arrest is here.