Former S.C. Pastor Sentenced After 5K Child Porn Files Found

Frmr S.C. Youth Pastor Sentenced to 20 Yrs After Child Sex Abuse Material Charges

A former South Carolina youth pastor has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for possessing thousands of images that qualify as child sexual abuse. He took many of the photos himself, secretly recording women and children while they changed or showered in church bathrooms. Daniel Kellan Mayfield, 37, received the maximum sentence for the federal charge of possessing child pornography on Tuesday, according to court records. Mayfield previously w…

Former S.C. pastor sentenced after 5K child porn files found

A former South Carolina youth pastor has been sentenced to federal prison after appearing in court on Tuesday. Daniel Kellan Mayfield was sentenced to the maximum sentence of 240 months in prison on a federal charge for possessing child pornography. The judge said he must serve 85 percent of his sentence and is also required to register as a sex offender. Officials stated 5,344 images of child pornography were found on Mayfield’s phone. He hid c…

SBC Youth Pastor Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison For Creating CSAM, Filming Congregants Changing

Daniel Kellan Mayfield, 37, a former youth pastor at First Baptist Church of Gowensville, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for creating and possessing child pornography, with more charges pending.Mayfield was initially arrested in 2023 after a woman saw a light outside the bathroom window of her mother’s house, where she had been visiting. She confronted Mayfield, who was still in the backyard, and accused him of voyeurism, which he even…