Pastor Daniel W. Merrick, jailed on over 880 felony counts of child porn

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It always seems worse when it is someone in a trusted position.



Pastor Daniel W. Merrick, jailed on over 880 felony counts of child porn

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McKean County man jailed on over 880 felony counts of child porn

https://www.oleantimesherald.com/news/mckean-county-man-jailed-on-over-880-felony-counts-of-child-porn/article_2d918a13-917b-58f9-a054-cb0bd8ac999d.html





By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER [e-mail] Feb 24, 2023



SMETHPORT, Pa. — A Christian musician.......

Daniel W. Merrick, 64, of 858 Route 446, Smethport, is charged with 570 counts of child pornography-involving indecent contact, second-degree felonies; 316 counts of child pornography-involving nudity, third-degree felonies; and one count of criminal use of a communications facility, a third-degree felony.

According to the criminal complaint, State Police Computer Crimes received a CyberTip from Synchronoss Technologies, which is Verizon Cloud.
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................... the phone was registered to Merrick, the complaint stated.

On Jan. 9, Trooper Robert Whyel with the state police computer crimes unit served a search warrant for the content on the Verizon Cloud account for that phone number. The results included 178 additional images of child pornography involving indecent contact and 139 involving nudity. The images were saved on a Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G; there were numerous photos of Merrick on the account as well, the complaint stated...........................................



..............According to Merrick’s website, he holds a Ph.D., is a singer, musician, author, preacher, pastor and composer. He completed Bible college and went into the U.S. Army in 1979 serving in active duty, the reserves and the National Guard until 2004. The site indicated that Merrick is now the pastor of a Messianic Jewish congregation in Bradford and has a weekly show on The Now Network Christian Television.......................

[Lovie777]

1. ..........................

[multigraincracker]

2. What is his Drag queen name?

[Auggie]

4. +1

[RKP5637]

3. Wait, a man of god would not do this. It's only LGBT that does this stuff.

[Chainfire]

5. But, today, he is forgiven!

30 seconds on his knees would have cured his sins. Not my rules.... I just hope that his judge and jury will less forgiving.

[3catwoman3]

6. 880?

What a POS.