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Tue Dec 3, 2013, 12:02 AM Dec 2013

Anchorage minister faces child pornography charges

Source: Anchorage Daily News

A pastor was arrested at his East Anchorage home on felony child pornography charges on Nov. 26 as part of a probe that began last summer, police said Monday.

Ronald Paul Rathbun Sr., 57, is facing one count each of possession and distribution of child pornography, said Det. James Estes, a member of the Anchorage Police Department's cyber crimes unit.

Rathbun is a pastor at the Eternal Love Ministry, said Dani Myren, a police spokeswoman. The church is located in a one-story building in the Boniface Plaza, off of the Boniface Parkway.

... The case against Rathbun is ongoing, police said, especially due to the suspect's religious work and access to children.

Read more: http://www.adn.com/2013/12/02/3209066/anchorage-minister-arrested-on.html

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