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Pedo Pastor Charged With Having 10,000 Images of CSAM on Computer, Watched it While Doing Pastoral Duties
Protestia ^ | April 29, 2024 | staff

Posted on 04/30/2024 5:48:17 PM PDT by Morgana

Pedophile Pastor Ashley James Crouse of New Vision Baptist Fellowship has been federally charged with possessing and distributing child sexual abuse materials after more than 10,000 images of children were found on his home and church computers. According to reports:

During that time, Crouse was interviewed by investigators and, according to law enforcement, admitted to knowingly obtaining and using child pornography.

Crouse also admitted to watching it on his church computer while multi-tasking and completing church business, according to federal documents.

Investigators reported they found more than 10,000 images depicting child sexual abuse across devices found in Crouse’s home and church office – including his church computer. According to police records, the materials depicted children younger than 10 years old engaged in sexual acts.

The investigation into Crouse began after cloud storage service Dropbox reported that one of the accounts it was hosting contained CSAM, which was eventually traced back to him.


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1 posted on 04/30/2024 5:48:17 PM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

“The investigation into Crouse began after cloud storage service Dropbox reported that one of the accounts it was hosting contained CSAM, which was eventually traced back to him.”

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Thank you Dropbox!


2 posted on 04/30/2024 5:53:21 PM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: jacknhoo

True that but in the future these pervs won’t use Drop Box. They should not have said who told and caught more in the future.


3 posted on 04/30/2024 5:56:45 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Morgana

If he’s guilty he needs to fry but I don’t trust anyaspect of our government to tell the truth about This.


4 posted on 04/30/2024 6:00:24 PM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: DouglasKC

Yeah, that was my first thought.
The alphabet agencies can post kiddie porn on anyone’s computer or cloud account.


5 posted on 04/30/2024 6:06:58 PM PDT by Skooz (Gabba Gabba accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us )
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To: DouglasKC

“During that time, Crouse was interviewed by investigators and, according to law enforcement, admitted to knowingly obtaining and using child pornography. “

Looks like he confessed.


6 posted on 04/30/2024 6:11:59 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Morgana

Pedophiles find professions and jobs where they have power over children and the trust of gullible parents.

Willie Sutton notorious bank robber said he - ‘robbed banks because that’s where the money was’...

Same with pedophiles they seek jobs as pastors, camp counselors, teachers, boy scout leaders, etc etc etc. If we lived in a sane society people going into professions having power over children would be tested for those tendencies.


7 posted on 04/30/2024 6:22:57 PM PDT by GOPJ (.Has Nancy Pelosi called for the leader of Hamas to step down yet? If not, why not?)
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To: Morgana

What is csam?


8 posted on 04/30/2024 6:45:31 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Morgana

Pastor.

Again.


9 posted on 04/30/2024 6:54:21 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: Morgana

And not a transgender. Well with a name Ashley who knows.


10 posted on 04/30/2024 8:40:50 PM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: Beowulf9

Never heard of CSAM either, but I looks like it means “child sexual abuse materials,:


11 posted on 04/30/2024 9:06:10 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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To: Beowulf9

CSAM

child sexual abuse material

While the internet is indispensable to our lives, it does have a dark side: pictures and videos that capture the sexual abuse of children are more common, and easier to access, than ever.

Why is it called child sexual abuse material instead of child pornography?

While the term child pornography is still widely used by the public, it’s more accurate to call it what it is: evidence of child sexual abuse. That’s why RAINN and others have stopped using the term child pornography and switched to referring to it as CSAM — child sexual abuse materials.

While some of the pornography online depicts adults who have consented to be filmed, that’s never the case when the images depict children. Just as kids can’t legally consent to sex, they can’t consent to having images of their abuse recorded and distributed. Every explicit photo or video of a kid is actually evidence that the child has been a victim of sexual abuse.

How is child sexual abuse material distributed online?

Child sexual abuse material, or CSAM, is widely distributed online. In 2021 alone, more than 29 million reports of suspected child sexual exploitation were reported by online platforms to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children’s CyberTipline, and that number is growing. Those 29 million reports included 84.9 million images and videos of CSAM.

https://www.rainn.org/news/what-child-sexual-abuse-material-csam


12 posted on 04/30/2024 9:56:24 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Bigg Red

See my post 12


13 posted on 04/30/2024 9:56:55 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Morgana

Oh, god. Should’ve known better.


14 posted on 04/30/2024 11:16:13 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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