From WBNS-10 News

Pastor Facing Child Pornography Charges

UPPER ARLINGTON, Ohio - A pastor was scheduled to be arraigned on Tuesday after police said he had child pornography on his computer.

Pastor John Adams preached at Mt. Calvary Freewill Baptist Church in Darbydale. Police said that when he wasn't preaching and working with the 75 parishioners who belong to the church, he had another interest, 10TV's Laura Cole reported.

"We just haven't come across, you know, many pastors that have an interest in child pornography," said an officer who 10TV did not identify.

An Upper Arlington police officer arrested Adams during an Internet investigation.

"We came across an IP address that was involved in child pornography and as a result of that, we investigated further and tracked that IP address back to Mr. Adams," the officer said.

When officers arrived at Adams' home with a search warrant, they found a computer with at least two child pornography movies on it. Police said that may just be the beginning, Cole reported.

"As we were executing the search warrant, he was downloading pornography at the time," the officer said. "From the titles we saw, we believe that it could be child pornography, but the computer has to be analyzed."

Detectives did not say exactly how much child porn Adams had on the computer. The case remained under investigation.

Adams declined 10TV's request for an interview.

This settles it. We have to ban religion now...it's the only way our children can be safe.

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"We just haven't come across, you know, many pastors that have an interest in child pornography," said an officer who 10TV did not identify.

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This is laugh out loud funny. This officer probably still believes in the Tooth Fairy as well.

Here's another one for you.



Ex-legislator in sex scandal

KANNAPOLIS - Coy Privette, a retired Baptist pastor, conservative lawmaker and outspoken advocate for Christian groups, was charged Thursday with paying a 32-year-old Salisbury prostitute for sex acts.

The 74-year-old Cabarrus County commissioner was arrested at his home in Kannapolis early Thursday. He appeared before a Rowan County magistrate on six misdemeanor charges and was released on a promise to appear in court Aug. 22. He did not return e-mail messages or calls to his cell and home phones, and no one answered the door at his Kannapolis home.

Privette, a prominent Republican with a 30-year career, is one of the state's most vocal opponents of alcohol sales and legal gambling. He also serves on the State Baptist Convention of North Carolina and as president of the Christian Action League of North Carolina....

The Salisbury Post asked Privette about a possible investigation about two weeks ago, the newspaper reported Thursday. Privette said he had lost his wallet at a Salisbury restaurant and when he got it back, two personal checks were missing, according to the newspaper.

Summers has previous convictions of drug possession, prostitution and possessing stolen goods, according to court documents. Last month, Salisbury police officers picked her up near a hotel where rooms are rented by the hour. Salisbury officers have arrested her several times for drug activity, said Salisbury Police Chief Mark Wilhelm. In one case, court documents show Summers was found with a man's Wachovia teller card.