Ex-pastor pleads guilty to using Facebook to send and solicit child pornography

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Press-Register

Ex-pastor pleads guilty to using Facebook to send and solicit child pornography
Published: Tuesday, April 19, 2011, 3:56 PM Updated: Tuesday, April 19, 2011, 5:10 PM
By Brendan Kirby, Press-Register

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MOBILE, Ala. — A former church leader from Kentucky pleaded guilty today to charges that he posted child pornography on his Facebook pages and used the social networking website to send images to others.

Jerry L. Cannon, 63, faces 5 to 20 years on each of two counts of distribution of child pornography. Assistant U.S. Attorney Maria Murphy said U.S. District Judge Ginny Granade could run the sentences for both one after the other.

“It’s a tough thing he’s into,” defense attorney Greg Hughes said of his client’s legal problems and decision to forgo a trial. “You just pick the lesser of possible bad consequences.”

Immediately following his plea, federal marshals removed Cannon’s belt, placed him in handcuffs and led him to jail, where he will stay until his sentencing hearing in July.



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[Proletariatprincess]

1. yet another case of the religiosity of the Bible Belt leading to

sexual pathology. (At least...so it appears.)
This character is a "former" church leader, but religion so often leads to sexual repression which then leads to sexual pathology.
Unfortunately, such stories are not uncommon....especially in the Bible Belt.

[merwin]

2. Religion does not lead to sexual repression/perversion

That is far too much of a generalization and akin to saying that being Muslim so often leads to becoming a suicide bomber.

It is the people who distort religion and have taken advantage of others for political advantage that has caused this situation.

As another example, a democratic government is not inherently corrupt. However, inject corrupt people into it and it is distorted to the point where people believe the problem is government, not the corrupt people who take advantage of the trust of others.

[deutsey]

3. To be fair, she did say "religiosity," which is a distortion of religion

[Redford]

5. I agree

There are pedophiles in every occupation

[zbdent]

4. would have been interesting to hear what he had to say

in the 90s about Clinton ... and juxtapose it with his behavior in this case ...

[Devil_Fish]

6. Not that I approve, but how stupid do you have to be to post child porn on face book? NT