A Christian pastor was arrested in Florida on Friday on charges of buying child pornography online, according to local law enforcement.The Manatee County Sheriff's Office said that Jonathan Edward Elwing, a 43-year old senior pastor of Palm View Baptist Church in Palmetto, Florida, was charged with four counts of possession of child sexual abuse images.
In April 2023, a Florida youth pastor stood accused of using church Wi-fi to access child pornography, following a nearly yearlong investigation by police spurred by an online tip.Edward Wilds III of Palatka, Florida, was arrested and charged with 'possession of child pornography and using a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony' by the Putnam County Sheriff's Office, according to a report from the Miami Herald.