YAKIMA (WA)
KGW
08/10/2005
Associated Press
A former youth pastor was arraigned in U.S. District Court in Yakima on child pornography charges.
James Cannel, 45, was charged in a three-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in May. The indictment includes charges that Cannel received and distributed child pornography and received and distributed obscenity.
A third count seeks the forfeiture of a camera, computers, and compact discs sized from Selah Covenant Church when Cannel was arrested by Seattle police on Feb. 25.
Each count is punishable by up to 20 years in prison and a $500,000 fine.
Cannel worked at the church for about four months but resigned shortly after his February arrest. Officers said he used a church computer to try to arrange sex with a detective posing as a 12-year-old boy.