"He didn't say anything about it". A youth minister hired in 2003 is handed the "keys to the children" and has no background check. He's "well-performing". You might want to check out the places this man has taught and coached. He's been all over the country, spreading around his "performance skills".
http://www.abqjournal.com/abqnews/a...ilty-in-child-*advertiser censored*-case.html
UPDATED: Former Youth Minister Pleads Guilty in Child *advertiser censored* Case
The 58-year-old Los Alamos man faces up to 40 years in prison and a maximum $250,000 fine when sentenced
"The U.S. Attorney's Office in Albuquerque said in a news release that Matthew Nichols, 58, of Los Alamos appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge W. Daniel Schneider on Friday and pleaded guilty under a plea agreement to distribution and attempted distribution of child *advertiser censored*...."
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...Nichols, who was fired in August by Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church in Los Alamos, has been in custody since his arrest on June 23. Nichols, who previously had been convicted of corruption of minors and criminal solicitation (to commit involuntary deviant sexual intercourse) in Pennsylvania, will face at sentencing a term of not less than 15 years and not more than 40 years imprisonment, a maximum fine of $250,000 and a lifetime term of supervised release...."
and
"....forensic examinations of the computers and computer-related media uncovered 1,465 images and 186 videos of child *advertiser censored*..."
and
"...."We didn't fire him because of the arrest in June but because the indictment revealed his 1980 prior convictions, and none of that came up in any of the interviews with him ... he didn't say anything about it ... we felt our congregation's confidence in him was probably irreparable based on that."
and
"Nichols has been youth and family director at the Los Alamos church since 2003..."
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"Matt is a very well-performing employee of the congregation," he said. "All indications from both parents and all the children (are) that during that period of time, there's been no ... inappropriate action by Matt."
more at link
And a photo:
http://www.krqe.com/dpp/news/Former-youth-minister-pleads-guilty--
http://www.abqjournal.com/abqnews/a...ilty-in-child-*advertiser censored*-case.html
UPDATED: Former Youth Minister Pleads Guilty in Child *advertiser censored* Case
The 58-year-old Los Alamos man faces up to 40 years in prison and a maximum $250,000 fine when sentenced
"The U.S. Attorney's Office in Albuquerque said in a news release that Matthew Nichols, 58, of Los Alamos appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge W. Daniel Schneider on Friday and pleaded guilty under a plea agreement to distribution and attempted distribution of child *advertiser censored*...."
and
...Nichols, who was fired in August by Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church in Los Alamos, has been in custody since his arrest on June 23. Nichols, who previously had been convicted of corruption of minors and criminal solicitation (to commit involuntary deviant sexual intercourse) in Pennsylvania, will face at sentencing a term of not less than 15 years and not more than 40 years imprisonment, a maximum fine of $250,000 and a lifetime term of supervised release...."
and
"....forensic examinations of the computers and computer-related media uncovered 1,465 images and 186 videos of child *advertiser censored*..."
and
"...."We didn't fire him because of the arrest in June but because the indictment revealed his 1980 prior convictions, and none of that came up in any of the interviews with him ... he didn't say anything about it ... we felt our congregation's confidence in him was probably irreparable based on that."
and
"Nichols has been youth and family director at the Los Alamos church since 2003..."
and
"Matt is a very well-performing employee of the congregation," he said. "All indications from both parents and all the children (are) that during that period of time, there's been no ... inappropriate action by Matt."
more at link
And a photo:
http://www.krqe.com/dpp/news/Former-youth-minister-pleads-guilty--