HAMILTON — A 51-year-old local man, who has worked as a campus minister at an all-boys Catholic school in Hamilton County, was indicted Wednesday on charges that he used the Internet to trade pornographic photos of young boys.

        Michael Childs faces four counts of pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor and two counts of illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material, a Butler County grand jury report issued Wednesday says.

        Mr. Childs has been employed as a campus minister at La Salle High School, said Butler County Assistant Prosecutor Megan Shanahan. She said from the most recent information she had, he had been placed on administrative leave. She said that all of the alleged pornography involved underage boys.

        The case is one of two Butler County indictments Wednesday that originated with FBI agents in other states, Ms. Shanahan said.

        The other suspect, in an unrelated case, is James Phillips, 29. Now living in the Cincinnati area, Mr. Phillips is accused of four counts of pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor and two counts of illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented performance. That case began while Mr. Phillips was living in Hamilton and used his computer to “chat” with an undercover FBI agent in Chicago, Ms. Shanahan said. The agent was pretending to share a mutual interest in “pre-pubescent girls.”

        The investigation that led to the charges against Mr. Childs began with FBI agents in Virginia. The Virginia suspect's computer contained evidence that he had chatted and traded pictures on the Internet with Mr. Childs, Ms. Shanahan said. Authorities then obtained a search warrant for Mr. Childs' computer at his Hamilton home and found the allegedly pornographic material of juveniles.

        James Turgill, spokesman for the Cincinnati FBI office, said investigators interviewed personnel at La Salle High School and found no complaints involving Mr. Childs. Therefore, Mr. Turgill said, there is no open case involving anyone at the school.

        Investigators so far think his work at the school had nothing to do with the allegations.

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