Ex-Pastor Gets 17-Plus Years For Facebook Kiddie Porn

When 63-year-old Jerry L. Cannon received a 17.5 year sentence on Tuesday for using Facebook to solicit and distribute child pornography, he sobbed like a baby.

When 63-year-old Jerry L. Cannon received a 17.5 year sentence on Tuesday for using Facebook to solicit and distribute child pornography, he sobbed like a baby.

According to Alabama Live, the former non-denominational, Dry Ridge, Kentucky pastor blubbered at his trial:

I’m very sorry. God forgive me. I was so stupid. It hurts. It hurts bad.

Cannon insisted he never has had a desire to touch children sexually.

The Mobile, Alabama U.S. district judge presiding over Cannon’s case was not moved and instead stated, that the prison term handed down was appropriate for a man of his age and profession.

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