By CP Workers,
A used Church of God senior pastor in Tennessee has pleaded responsible and became sentenced to eight years in penal complex for possessing child sexual abuse photos on his computer.
Richard Lee Sentell of the defunct Cornerstone Church of God in Cleveland entered a responsible plea Friday to sexual exploitation of a minor. He obtained an eight-12 months sentence with the Tennessee Division of Corrections, per the Tenth Judicial District Attorney Traditional’s place of work. He’s no longer eligible for parole.
Sentell became arrested in December 2023 and subsequently suspended from all ministerial activities by the Tennessee Church of God, pending the pause result of his case.
In a observation to The Christian Put up, The Church of God Tennessee Voice Voice of enterprise stated that Sentell’s ministerial credentials were “completely revoked” which skill of this disposition. The denomination added that Cornerstone Church of God in Cleveland became “discontinued” on Sept. 18, 2023, and no longer exists.
“For a immense quite loads of of months, Richard Lee Sentell has no longer been energetic as a Church of God
minister,” the observation assured. “Our thoughts and prayers accelerate out to all occupied with this topic.”
Within the summertime of 2023, the Cleveland Police Division obtained a tip from the Nationwide Heart for Missing and Exploited Young folks that a user within the gap uploaded two photos of child intercourse abuse enviornment topic to a web-based role known as Binglmage, an AI instrument that permits users to upload photos in divulge that they can glance for identical photos.
Investigating the case, Detective Matthew Landolt found that uploads originated from the dwelling of Sentell and his wife.
After detectives searched the property, they found “a suspicious computer” that became “wedged between a mattress and a box spring in a downstairs bed room within the dwelling.” The investigators found 124 photos of child sexual abuse enviornment topic, most of which “depicted prepubescent youngsters being sexually assaulted.”
“Recordsdata on the computer indicated that Richard Lee Sentell became the owner and user of the computer,” the observation from the Tenth Judicial District stated. “Furthermore, recordsdata on the computer indicated that Mr. Sentell had looked for and otherwise sought out child sexual abuse enviornment topic for quite loads of months, in general gradual at night or early within the morning.”
T. Wayne Dority, the govt. bishop of the Tennessee Church of God, urged WTVC after Sentell’s arrest that Cornerstone Church of God had been beforehand suspended. The church had rented space on the Church of God Jerusalem Acres for Sunday companies and products for three years after selling the church constructing years prior.
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