Sunday School Teacher Arrested On Child Porn Charges

Seattle’s CBS affiliate reports:

A Redmond Sunday school teacher has been charged with three felony counts of possession of child pornography, according to the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.

Douglas Meerdink, 70, was charged on Wednesday with three counts of possession of depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Detectives later confirmed Meerdink was an active member of a Redmond church where he was teaching Sunday school classes to second and third grade children.

According to charging papers, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children was notified by Yahoo! that a user had uploaded over 2,000 files containing minors in explicit conduct to their service.

Read the full article. Meerdink has a 1980s conviction for “soliciting an underage sex worker.” Excellent vetting on the part of the church, which is identified in the video report below as Cornerstone Christian Fellowship.

On Nov. 7, @RedmondWaPD arrested 70-year-old Douglas Meerdink of Redmond for possessing depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Meerdink is a Sunday school teacher and former middle school teacher. If you have information about this case, call 425-556-2500. pic.twitter.com/25NxVm6h6P

— RedmondWaPD (@RedmondWaPD) November 9, 2022