• Bible CampCounselor arrested for child porn-there go those Republicanhypocrites again

  Posted by Unknown Member on October 19, 2006 at 2:59 PM

  Good thing we have “Conservatives” looking out for our moral well-being and for our children too. :rolleyes:

  Feds Net 125 in Nationwide Child Porn Sweep
  Bible Camp Counselor, Scout Leader Among Suspects
  By WAYNE PARRY, AP

  NEWARK, N.J. (Oct. 19) – A Bible camp counselor and a Boy Scout leader from Texas were among 125 people arrested nationwide in an Internet child pornography case in which subscribers purchased photos and videos of children engaged in sex acts with adults, federal authorities said.

  The case originated in New Jersey, but quickly spread to 22 states. The defendants were charged with either possession or receipt of child pornography. Additional arrests are expected.

  Prosecutors said Wednesday that the Web site alerted subscribers that its content was illegal and urged them to be discreet about their purchases.
  “When I say `hard-core’ pornography, I am talking about child pornography that includes images of children as young as six months involved in bondage and sodomy,” U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie said. “This type of depraved conduct is something a civilized society cannot tolerate.”
  Christie said none of the defendants appeared in any of the images they obtained from the Web site. He would not identify the Web site or say whether it is still in operation.

  Among those arrested was 58-year-old Genaro Vela, of Mission, Texas, who led the local Boy Scout Troop 83 for 40 years. He is also a retired Mission junior high math teacher and boys’ cross country coach.
  Vela was found in possession of more than 4,000 images and videos of child pornography, federal prosecutors said. He pleaded guilty in September to receiving child pornography and faces up to 20 years in prison when he is sentenced Dec. 6.

  Vela also faces state charges of sexual abuse against former Boy Scouts under his care. The former scouts, who are now in their 20s, say Vela molested them more than 10 years ago, authorities said.

  The sweep also led to the arrest of Donald Wilson of Midland, Texas, who had previously been convicted of a sexual offense against a minor, federal prosecutors said. Investigators discovered framed images of child pornography on the walls of his residence and being used a computer screensaver, federal prosecutors said.

  Others arrested included a Bible camp counselor from Vancouver, Wash., and a pharmaceutical researcher in New Jersey.
  Several of those arrested nationwide have prior records for molesting or sexually assaulting children, officials said.

  One defendant from San Diego told agents at his arrest that he had molested at least eight children over a 30-year period, and boasted of being able to identify particularly vulnerable children, said Christie.
  Another defendant from Sacramento, Calif., was found to be in possession of a hand-held video camera with a videotape showing him sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl, Christie said.

  “I’m the father of four young children between the ages of 13 and 3,” Christie said. “This is every parent’s worst nightmare. It is just deeply disturbing to know there are people like this out there in our neighborhoods.”

  10/19/06 04:28 EDT

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