Posted on 10/29/2025 6:35:03 AM PDT by DFG
The son of a prominent Indiana pastor has been arrested and charged with multiple child sex crimes, including possessing child pornography. He was also found to be in possession of dozens of intimate videos of his own parents having sex.
Jonathan Peternel is the son of Nathan Peternel, lead pastor at Life Church in Pendleton, IN. He was arrested after a cyber tip came in that Peternel was sharing videos on Snapchat. According to WTHR13:
“Detectives got a search warrant for Jonathan Wesley Peternel’s Snapchat account, where detectives say more child sex abuse material was found, along with evidence that Peternel was sharing videos with others.
A search warrant on Peternel’s home led detectives to find more than 200 files of child sex abuse material, some of which included sadomasochistic child abuse, children who appeared to be drugged or intoxicated while being abused, violent child molestation and AI-generated photos of nude pregnant toddlers.”
Investigators also found more than 50 videos on Peternel’s phone of his parents nude or engaged in sex acts. He has been charged with one count of child exploitation (Level 4 felony), two counts of possession of child sex abuse material (Level 5 felonies), and one count of possession of child sex abuse material (Level 6 felony).
If convicted on all charges, he could face more than 20 years in prison.
What a prevert.
The only one who could ever reach me
Was the son of a preacher man
The only boy who could ever teach me
Was the son of a preacher man
Yes, he was, he was, ooh, yes, he was
Ew!
Just proves that satan can get ahold of anyone- he is still very powerful, even after salvation. (Not daying th3 kid was saved- he might not have been)
He walketh around like a lion, seeking whom he may devour
Clearly, someone needs his demons to be excorcised.
The kiddie porn is old hat, but filming your own parents? Creepy. Maybe that’s the next fetish fad our tech overlords have planned for us?
That’s correct.
Big time.
Just disgusting!
I certainly hope not, but in this day and age of our degenerate anything goes culture that wouldn’t be surprising at all.
‘Son of a preacher man’
Get a millstone ready!
Ping!..................
Handsome kid. If they don’t kill him outright, he’s going to have a very hard time in prison
Guy is a sicko.
Hey, everything goes. We can begin to see what living in a Godless society without any sense of morality looks like. Enjoy the rot.
I wouldn’t be surprised if extortion is the motivation to film his parents in the act (father is a preacher). For example, was the son still living with his parents and were they pressuring to kick him out?
Sins are passed down through the generations.
Nick Fuentes and Tucker Carlson acknowledged a ‘porn problem’ in their conversation recently.
And Fuentes to me represents the ‘younger generation’ and he can see it among his peers.
Demonic, yes, but
I also suspect he was abused sometime during his childhood and
I have my suspicions that his parents knew about the videos of them having sex, and may have even known their son took them.
Just guesses on my part.
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