Youth minister at North Carolina church arrested on child porn charges

CARY, N.C. (WGHP) -- A father and Cary youth minister is facing criminal charges related to child pornography, WTVD reports.

Cary Police Department said David Kimball, 34, had multiple explicit pictures of children in his possession. Investigators believe the children were between the ages of 5 and 15.

Kimball was arrested and released on bond Monday. The next day he was sitting in a courtroom gallery appearing to pray.

Kimball had been employed as a youth minister at Cornerstone Presbyterian Church in Cary since January 2016. The church's head of staff said he learned of the arrest on April 29; the church's governing body met later that night and accepted Kimball's resignation.

Investigators said they were tipped off to the crimes by a national child crime network after Microsoft discovered the lewd images on a file sharing network.