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1225: Jose Saez, Jr.

Jose Saez, Jr

Jose Saez, Jr. was the pastor at Iglesia Cristiana Alumbrando el Camino in Brentwood, New York, where he allegedly bragged about finding his victims. He is also the father of three children. The FBI received an online tip that he was sexually active with children. They investigated and executed a search warrant.

After a brief look at his cell phone, they arrested him for producing child sexual abuse material. Remember, the videos and pictures cannot be produced without abusing and exploiting children. The incidents that were brought to FBI attention allegedly happened between August 14th and his September 28, 2023 arrest. However, he is alleged to have produced child sexual abuse material with more than thirty children often by coercing them into producing videos and sending them to him.

He bragged about his crimes to an undercover officer. The charges against him include sexual exploitation of children, coercion and enticement of children, distribution of child pornography, and possession of child pornography.

Pastor sexually abuses a baby and other kids in - Miami Herald, The (FL) - December 8, 2023 - page 1
December 8, 2023 | Miami Herald, The (FL) | Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald
A pastor used his Long Island church to find children to sexually abuse, federal officials said.
Jose Saez Jr., 28, faces an array of charges related to sex crimes against children and child pornography, the
U.S. Attorney's Office in the Eastern District of New York said in a Dec. 6 news release.
While he was a pastor at a church in Brentwood, New York, Saez used a messaging app called Telegram "to
engage in sexually explicit conversations with minors and with a law enforcement officer acting in an
undercover capacity," officials said.
He told the undercover officer he used the church to find children to exploit and that he had sexually abused
an infant, federal officials said. He also said children ages 11-15 were his "sweet spot," according to the
attorney's office.
McClatchy News could not immediately reach Saez's legal representatives for comment on Dec. 8.
"When you go to church you expect to be safe and protected...but that's not what members of Pastor Jose
Saez's congregation got," James Smith, FBI assistant director-in-charge, said in the release. "He allegedly
possessed child pornography and sexually abused multiple children. This is unfathomable to the families and
caused lasting harm to the children."
A task force officer with the FBI searched Saez's phone Sept. 28 and found child pornography videos he had
received from a high school student, the officer said in the criminal complaint.
"I'm sorry that I cannot stop," Saez told the officer, according to the complaint.
He was charged with eight counts related to sexual exploitation, coercion and child pornography in a Nov. 21
indictment. If convicted, he could face up to 30 years in prison, officials said.
He was arraigned Dec. 6 and pleaded not guilty, court records show. He was denied bail and is next
scheduled to appear in court in January.
Investigators are asking anyone with information to come forward and contact tips.fbi.gov or 212-384-1000.
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