Baptist Pastor Gets 10-23 Years For Making Child Porn

October 12, 2023 Crime, Religion

Manchester’s ABC affiliate reports:

The former pastor of a Nashua church is on his way to prison after pleading guilty Thursday to the manufacture and possession of child sex abuse images. Stephen Bates, 48, pleaded guilty to one count of the manufacture of child sex abuse images and 10 counts of possession of such images.

Bates was pastor at the Bible Baptist Church in Nashua. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children told police that someone was downloading child sex abuse images at the church by tracing the IP address. Eventually, a detective posing as a young girl managed to uncover Bates’ involvement, prosecutors said.

Bates was sentenced to 10-23 years in prison on the manufacturing charge. He can get two years off the minimum sentence if he completes a sexual offender course.

Read the full article. Bates’s March 2022 arrest predates the launch of our running tally, so he makes our list of pervs for Jesus today.



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