A Christian music star born without arms has been arrested on charges of possessing and producing child pornography.
Jon Paul Sheptock, 49, served as the worship minister at the First Montgomery Baptist Church in Texas before these shocking allegations came to light.
According to a statement by Ryan Gable, a constable at the Montgomery County Constable Precinct 3 office, detectives first tried to arrest the singer at his home in September but were unable to find him.
The Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Unit eventually caught up with the suspect while he was working at a local women’s prison where he served as a minister.
Later, his alleged victim testified that she believed that Sheptock had stolen a picture of her nine years ago, when she was 17, according to written testimony from the Montgomery County Precinct 3 Constable’s Office, which ABC News saw.
“After the defendant (Sheptock) sent the image of the victim, he told her that he wanted more explicit images of her,” the affidavit read.
“The defendant (Sheptock) then sent her a video depicting someone being physically assaulted, accompanied by a statement implying that he did not want that to happen to her.”
The document continues by claiming that Sheptock showed the victim multiple nude photographs of adults and young girls on his computer.
His alleged victim also claimed in the court records that she was concerned about coming forward “due to her parents’ strong religious beliefs,” which she thought would lead to an adverse reaction to her taking a nude picture of herself.
Sheptock was well-known in his local community, with the Baptist Press reporting that his now-deleted website said that he was born with no arms and one leg shorter than the other.
