TENNESSEE
Chattanooga Times Free Press
by Todd South
A former Shelbyville, Tenn., youth minister has admitted in a plea agreement to possessing “violent” and “sadistic” child pornography on his cellphone.
Former North Fork Baptist Church youth minister Joseph Todd Neill, 37, agreed to plead guilty to a charge of possession of child pornography on Feb. 13. The plea agreement was filed Thursday.
Neill faces up to 20 years in prison. There has not yet been a plea hearing scheduled.
The child porn images were discovered when Shelbyville police began investigating charges that Neill had seduced and had sexual contact at least twice with a 17-year-old female church member
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