Employee arrested after downloading child porn at church in St. Cloud, deputies say

By David Harris
Orlando Sentinel
August 21, 2018

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-saint-thomas-st-cloud-child-porn-20180821-story.html

Mark Cook

An employee at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in St. Cloud was arrested Tuesday after he admitted to using the church's WiFi to download child pornography, the Osceola County Sheriff's Office said.

Mark Dewayne Cook was fired from his position as operations manager for the church and school, the Diocese of Orlando said in a statement. Cook responsible for the business administration of the church did not work directly with “vulnerable populations,” the statement said.

Church officials are cooperating with the investigation, said Carol Brinati, chief operating officer and chancellor for the diocese.

“We pray for the victims of child pornography and their families, our Parish and school community and all those involved in this situation.

Deputies received a tip about the possible download of child porn from the church at 700 Brown Chapel Road. They interviewed Cook, and he admitted to downloading the materials to his phone’s Skype account, deputies said.

Cook was arrested on two counts of promoting movie/photo sexual performance by a child. He was taken to the Osceola County Jail where he has a $5,000 bond.