ALABAMA
WAAY
Bill Young byoung@waaytv.com
The Madison County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest Tuesday of a worker at St. John the Baptist Church for possession of child pornography.
John Lindbergh Martin’s arrest comes after the Sheriff’s Office, working with the Department of Homeland Security, executed a search warrant on Martin’s Southeast Huntsville home. A second search of computers at St. John the Baptist Church resulted in the discovery of additional pictures and videos of sexual abuse of children.
Martin worked as Assistant Director for Parish Religious Education Program for the church. The Sheriff’s Office said officials with the church were very helpful in their investigation.
In a release, the church’s pastor, Father Phil O’Kennedy says:
“Since John Martin came to work for us at St. John’s in our Adult Education Department we have seen nothing that would lead us to believe the charges being made against him.
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