MAINE
Journal Tribune
By DINA MENDROS and TAMMY WELLS
Staff Writers
Published:
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
BIDDEFORD — The work of the New Beginnings Christian Mission on Main Street will continue, despite the arrest of the mission’s director, James Napier, 60, of Alfred. Napier, a former Biddeford middle school music teacher, was arrested at his home on Saturday on child pornography-related charges.
State Police detectives uncovered more than 100 images of child pornography on Napier’s home computer, according to a statement by Maine State Police spokesman Steve McCausland.
“The leaders of the mission are completely committed” to continuing the work of the mission, said Pastor Barry Judd, the chief executive officer of the mission’s board of directors. Judd is the pastor of the Oak Ridge Bible Church on Oak Ridge Road. The church has no affiliation with New Beginnings, he said.
“The congregation was stunned and saddened at the news of the arrest of Mr. Napier,” said Judd.
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