FL Youth Pastor Arrested On Ten Child Porn Charges

The Osceola Gazette reports:

A man the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office says served as a youth pastor at a Kissimmee church, the eldest son of its lead pastor, is charged with sharing and storing child sexual abuse material. Ezequiel Rodriguez, 22, of St. Cloud was charged Thursday with ten second-degree felony counts of possession of photos or videos of sexual performance by a child. He made an initial appearance before a judge Friday and is held in the Osceola County Jail without bond.

Thursday, ICAC unit detectives served a search warrant signed the prior day, and 10 such videos, graphically described by detectives in the report, were discovered in Rodriguez’s Kik account while conducting the search warrant at his Stockade Boulevard home. The Sheriff’s Office said Rodriguez, who is married according to the affidavit, was a youth pastor at Kingdom Conquerors Church in Kissimmee. He is also involved in the Youth Group, 180°.

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Ezequiel Rodriguez, a 22-year-old Kissimmee youth pastor from St. Cloud has been arrested and charged with ten counts of Possession of Photo/Video of Sexual Performance by a Child, Osceola Detectives say.https://t.co/skMb5Pqkrl @OsceolaSheriff

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