Thousands of images of child pornography, investigators said Friday, were found on the computer of a former local youth pastor. Deputies found the images and said the suspect admitted he's addicted to child pornography.Investigators said 36-year-old Joel Price worked as a youth pastor at New Tribes Mission in Sanford. They said he resigned after undercover agents busted him looking at and distributing more than 6,000 child pornography pictures and videos online.... Volusia County investigators said Price confessed that he's obsessed with child pornography.
Detectives said they got a tip that more than 6,000 child pornography photos and vidoes were being distributed on the Internet from Price's Deltona home, which is right across the street from a church.... A representative with New Tribes Mission said Price worked in a missionary maintenance role with tribes in Venezuela, not as a youth minister. But WESH 2 reporters found a picture of Price going over a bible verse with a boy.
This New Tribes outfit is getting a bit of a reputation...
It is the second time in two years someone associated with New Tribes, whose missionary work reaches tribal communities, has been in trouble.In December 2006, George Allen Goolde—a foster parent and full-time mission employee—was arrested and charged with molesting four children in his care. He was convicted and is serving a 50-year prison sentence. At the time he was arrested, officials at the mission said its internal investigations showed "no incidents of concern."
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