A volunteer youth pastor at a Houston-area church was arrested on child sex abuse material charges.

Carter August Thomas, 27, was arrested on Nov. 26 and charged with one felony count of possession of child pornography.

According to court documents, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office was first alerted in August, when deputies received an email from someone who claimed Thomas had admitted to them that he struggled with viewing child abuse material online.

At the time of that confession, records show Thomas was volunteering as a youth minister at Second Baptist Church, where his duties included supervising children.

HCSO deputies later executed a search warrant at Thomas’ home in Harris County. There, they spoke with a family member who also said Thomas had confided that he struggled wit

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