Evangelical pastor arrested on suspicion of sharing child pornography in Brazil

Evangelical pastor arrested on suspicion of sharing child pornography in Brazil

He was caught red-handed at home when he was accessing content on an application and unsuccessfully tried to delete some files.

International.– A Brazilian evangelical pastor with more than 457,000 followers on social media was arrested in the municipality of Jardim Santo Antonio, in the state of Sao Paulo, suspected of sharing child pornography.

Agnaldo Roberto Betti58 years old, belongs to the Evangelical Church Assembly of God Belém and offers Bible lessons on YouTube. According to information from the Police, reported by the G1 portal, the agents He was caught red-handed at home when he was accessing content on an application and unsuccessfully attempted to delete some files.

The corporation said that Betti was already charged this year for the same crime, but “continued to acquire and distribute several videos and images of sexual violence once morest children and adolescents.”

“I vehemently reject”

Following the arrest, in a note published on social media, the Belém Assembly of God repudiated “vehemently“any behavior that “contradicts the principles and rules of faith of the Holy Bible and, especially, that involves violating childhood.”

The church stressed that Betti had not performed “pastoral functions, either in the main temple or in its branches” since March 2017.because he had chosen to lead “a traveling personal ministry, also maintaining a private Internet channel with thousands of followers.”

In 2012, the pastor was honored by the Municipal Council of the municipality of Campinas, in Sao Paulo, for “relevant services rendered in the field of evangelization and Christian education.”