ABILENE (TX)
MySA [San Antonio TX]
November 1, 2024
By Zachary-Taylor Wright
Youth pastor Charles Goff confessed to soliciting pictures of minors.
Another Southern Baptist Convention pastor is behind bars this week after church officials reported him for confessing to possessing child pornography. A statement from a Beltway Park Church pastor says the former youth pastor, Charles Goff, admitted to fellow pastors he was soliciting inappropriate photos from minors.
When asked about the firing of, and ultimately the arrest, of Goff, the Abilene church responded with a statement from Beltway Park Church Pastor David McQueen, saying, “In June 2024, we were made aware that a former volunteer with our youth ministry confessed to soliciting inappropriate photos and videos of minors online.”
According to a report from KTXS 12, an ABC News affiliate covering Abilene, Gogff was booked into the Taylor County Jail on child pornography charges and held on a $100,000 bond. The report states court records show Goff confessed to “struggling with videos of teen girls 14-15 years old.”
Church officials say Goff had been a youth volunteer with the church for the past three years until his troubling confession back in June. Church staff says he passed background checks both in 2022 and 2024 as part of his work with the church, both of which apparently showed no signs of his future forthcomings.
While church officials say they have not been involved much in the investigation into Goff, aside from making the original report against him, they ask that anyone with further information or any potential victims to contact the Abilene Police Department at 365-273-8331.
The statement says Beltway Park Church is not aware of any victims in the church’s youth programs who made contact with Goff.