Cops: Pastor Found With Huge Amount Of Child Porn

The Myrtle Beach Sun News reports:

North Myrtle Beach Police arrested a Virginia man after they found “voluminous amounts” of child porn on his cell phone. The man appears to be a former pastor at a Virginia Baptist church. Chadwick Branch, 55, was arrested for two counts of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor on Feb. 11.

Branch seems to be the former pastor for Victory Baptist Church in Sutherlin, Virginia. There are videos of what appears to be him preaching on the church’s Facebook page until May 2023.

On Jan. 9, The Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force got a tip regarding a video of three nude girls under the age of 13 conducting “sexual acts” that was sent on Kik. Police spoke to the property owner where the IP address originated, who said Branch and his wife stayed in the unit.

Read the full article. The church has scrubbed the preaching videos cited above since the linked piece was published.