RI Catholic Priest Pleads Guilty To Child Porn Charges

The Providence Journal reports:

A former Providence Catholic priest pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal child pornography charge, days before his case was slated to head to trial. James W. Jackson, 68, a former pastor at St. Mary’s Church, admitted to a felony count of receiving child pornography.

Rhode Island State Police arrested Jackson in October 2021 following an investigation into someone sharing child pornography that led to the St. Mary’s Catholic Parish and rectory at 538 Broadway. Investigators executing a search warrant there located more than 12,000 images and 1,300 video files depicting child sexual abuse.

U.S. Attorney John P.McAdams detailed some of the content found on Jackson’s computer Thursday, including videos, some more than a half hour long, of prepubescent girls being sexually abused through bestiality, bondage, and other illicit conduct involving adults.

Read the full article. Jackson is already in jail because he violated his pre-trial release conditions by possessing….child porn. My November 2021 report on his arrest is here. Since that post preceded the launch of our running tally, today he joins our list of infamy.

Ex-Catholic priest pleads guilty to child pornography charge. What we know. https://t.co/2CSn2O1xQD

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