Former Rochester Youth Pastor Charged in Online Sex Abuse Sting

NEW YORK/CANADA
YNN

[with video]

Canadian authorities arrested a former Rochester church youth pastor on charges he lured a child online for sex.

Kris Allan Gowdy, 42, of Newcastle, Ontario, is charged with luring a child via the computer and attempted aggravated sexual assault.

Police say Gowdy was arrested after an investigator posed as a teenage boy Gowdy set up a meeting with for the purpose of having sex.

Canadian police said Gowdy frequented many sites under the name ‘collegetoy2033.’

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