CANADA
Vancouver Sun
June 26, 2005
A Canada-wide warrant has been issued by Delta police for Tsawwassen youth pastor Brad Firth, who is wanted on child-pornography charges.
Firth, 38, is currently in a Mexican jail. He was arrested on allegations of sexual abuse of a 14-year-old boy at a Bible camp four years ago.
Canadian border posts have been alerted, to stop Firth from entering Canada undetected should he be released by Mexican authorities, said police.
Const. Kim Petruka, Delta police spokeswoman, said Firth has been charged with one count of possession and one count of accessing child pornography after an investigation in November.
He faces up to five years in prison on both charges.
"Two charges have been approved by Crown counsel," she said. "We seized a variety of images, including electronic images. There were numerous images."
When Delta police launched their investigation in November, they said "questionable materials" had been found in Firth's church office.