Tennessee Pastor Gets Eight Years For Child Porn

Chattanooga’s NBC affiliate reports:

A Cleveland pastor has plead guilty to sexual exploitation of a minor after investigators uncovered child sexual abuse material on his laptop. In the summer of 2023, the Cleveland Police Department (CLPD) received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. At the time, Sentell was the senior pastor at Cornerstone Church of God. Detectives found a laptop wedged between a mattress and a box spring.

The laptop held 124 unique images of child sexual abuse material. Data found on the laptop also revealed that Sentell had searched for and sought out child sexual abuse material for several months. On February 21, 2025, Sentell entered a guilty plea to the indicted charge of sexual exploitation of a minor. Sentell received an eight year sentence, and is not eligible for parole.

Read the full article. My 2023 report on the arrest is here.