NEWARK, Ohio -- An Ohio pastor and his wife have been charged with possessing almost a dozen tapes of graphic child pornography. David Waser Sr., 52, and his 54-year-old wife, Judy, have lived in Newark for five years, while he serves as the minister at the Second Church of Christ next door. They have now been arrested and accused of receiving and possessing child pornography. Police said that in June, David Waser Sr. paid $130 for 11 hard-core child pornography videos on the Internet. Some involved children as young as 4 years old.
Officials said an undercover postal inspector followed the tapes to the home, and found one that was already in the VCR.
In a federal hearing on Wednesday, the investigator testified that both Waser Sr. and his wife admitted to wanting to watch the tapes.
The investigator said Waser Sr. even admitted to fondling 10- to 12-year-old girls for the past 37 years, and as recently as a few weeks before his arrest. The postal official said the pastor admitted exposing himself to children at church camp and pretending it was an accident.
The couple's son said he's shocked by the allegations, WCMH-TV in Columbus, Ohio, reported.
Dave Waser Jr., 19, returned from college to learn that his parents were being arrested.
"I didn't know what to think. I just started to break down and started to cry," he said.
Waser Jr. said he grew up listening to his father teach the Bible.
"He's just a really good person, sweet and honest. He's never done this before," he said.
Waser Sr. will be held in jail until the trial. Judy Waser will remain on house arrest.
If convicted, they could each face 30 years in prison.
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