UPDATE:: Former Eugene church leader charged with new sex abuse crimes
A former Eugene church music ministry leader charged in a federal child pornography case last year now is wanted in relation to alleged sexual abuse of a child once in his care.
A warrant was issued last month for the arrest of Edward Samuel Thompson on charges filed July 30. He is in a federal correctional institution in Sheridan awaiting trial in the child pornography case. He will be brought to Lane County later this week and arraigned on two new charges — first-degree sodomy and first-degree sexual abuse — Thursday in Lane County Circuit Court.
According to the arrest warrant affidavit, the alleged abuse occurred between 2012 and 2018. During the 2018 investigation of the case, authorities learned Thompson, who worked at Christ Fellowship Church on River Road, had regularly babysat an elementary school-age child since the child was a toddler.
A music ministry leader at a Eugene church faces child pornography charges, and the FBI urges members of the suspect's current and former church communities to talk to children about any interactions they may have had with the man.
FBI agents and Eugene Police officers arrested Edward Samuel Thompson, 38, at his Eugene home on Tuesday.
The FbI alleges Thompson accessed, received, possessed and distributed child pornography.
Eugene church leader jailed on federal child porn charges | KATU
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