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Pastor charged with possessing AI-generated child sex abuse material
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Severity major: Test: many third parties, a stated count of two or more affected parties. Fact: investigators identified at least two victims.
A pastor and paraeducator in Washington state was arrested on suspicion of possessing child sex abuse material, including content investigators say was created with generative AI. The images were altered from photos of a real child aged 7 to 12, and prosecutors say the accused used photos taken from social media. The case began when the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children received a report that CSAM had been uploaded to an online platform. Police linked the images to an account belonging to the accused, who was also found to possess other CSAM. He was taken into custody on April 6 while at an elementary school. He has been charged with four felony counts of possession, has pleaded not guilty, and remains in custody on bail set at $250,000. Investigators have identified at least two victims, and prosecutors say another victim has been identified.
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- Investigation began after NCMEC received a report that CSAM had been uploaded to an online platform.
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The suspect is accused and has pleaded not guilty; nothing here establishes guilt. The sources rest on one press article quoting police and prosecutors, and the victims are not named in them.
LR-2026-0512 · version 1 · published 2026-11-01 after automatic checks; not yet checked field by field by a person · JSON