"You used the word 'horrified,' and that's an excellent word, because these were horrific crimes, and you should be horrified," the judge said.

A now-former Baptist pastor was sentenced to well over a decade in a New Hampshire prison on Thursday after pleading guilty to charges related to child sexual abuse materials.

Stephen Bates, 48, pleaded guilty to one count of the manufacture of child sexual abuse images and 10 counts of possession of child sexual abuse images. He was arrested in March 2022 on one count of possession of such images. Over time, he was indicted on 12 separate counts and faced a combined 240 years in prison.

  • @TheJimsEnglish
    25•1 year ago

    Again a Baptist Pastor… it’s always the ones you most suspected.