Northumberland County Pastor Charged with Possessing, Distributing Child Pornography

By John Beauge
PennLIve
September 21, 2016

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The pastor of Montandon Baptist Church in Northumberland County has been accused of possessing and distributing child pornography.

Thomas M. Marker, 58, of the Montandon area, was arrested Tuesday by state police and jailed in lieu of $100,000 bail.

He is charged with nine counts of sexual abuse of children by disseminating child pornography and 10 counts of the same charge for possessing child pornography.

He also is charged with one count of criminal use of a communication device that alleges he distributed child pornography through his Internet account.

The charges stem from a search warrant executed Tuesday at Marker's home in West Chillisquaque Twp. that police said had been identified as an address where child pornography had been uploaded.

One of the images depicts a young male performing oral sex on an adult male, the arrest affidavit states.

Marker admitted viewing child pornography on his cell phone, laptop computer and possibly a Kindle along with trading it in the past, the charges state.

He was shown four images of child pornography, including one uploaded July 6, and he admitted seeing all of them before, the affidavit says.

Attempts to reach a church official for comment were unsuccessful.