Orange Walk Pastor Arraigned for Child Pornography

Gerardo Lopez

An Orange Walk pastor has been arrested and charged on multiple counts of child pornography of two minors. Honduran national Gerardo Lopez of the Evangelical Church in Trial Farm was questioned in connection and confessed that he took the photos of the children, ages two and ten years old. He told police that he was having relations with the children’s mother. Lopez’s cellular phone also had photos of the minors. He was arrested and charged with four counts for producing child pornography; two counts for each child. The information came to light when an unidentified female handed over documents to an officer with Community Policing in Orange Walk. The documents contained nude pictures of two children posing nude, whom were believed to have been persuaded by the pastor to take the photos. Members of the church have now come forward to say he is not in any way a pastor with them. Police investigations continue into the matter. Whether the mother of the children will be charged is still not clear.