Artificial intelligence has arrived at Christian schools. And in one case, it could be criminal.
Knewz.com has learned about the arrest of a teacher at a Florida religious school on five child pornography charges.
A statement by the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office says Steven Houser, 67, confessed using school yearbook photos to create “child erotica” with an AI computer program.
“This guy is just purely evil,” Sheriff Chris Nocco told WTVT. “There’s something wrong with him. He does not need to be in society anymore.”
Houser was caught Tuesday, March 19 with three X-rated videos and two photos. But authorities say it turned out none of them displayed students at Houser’s school.
But according to the Tampa Bay Times, Houser reportedly admitted taking three faces of students and putting them on “sexually suggestive” bodies of women.
Houser allegedly told detectives that he was drawn to porn because he was “bored” and watched one or two child porn videos.
But Houser reportedly insisted in an arrest affidavit that he never wanted to personally have sex with students. They were his “children,” he explained.
Houser taught third-grade science at Beacon Christian Academy in New Port Richey, which is part of Beacon Community Church. The staff page of the academy now shows only a director.
The academy had no comment on the case when a newspaper reporter called. Its website shows the academy is for kindergarten through fifth grade.
“Due to the nature of our presentation this morning, we will not be broadcasting on FB Live today,” the church’s Facebook page said Sunday, March 24. There was no further explanation, and a church “Sunday Conversations” page had no video for the day.
Beacon Community Church, which is marking its 50th anniversary this year, refers to its weekly meetings as “conversations” instead of services.
Houser has pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him. He is held on $500,000 bond.
The sheriff says more charges could be coming, because other children may have been victimized.
Nocco noted Houser had no prior record. He added such conduct could occur at any school.
“A 60-something-year-old male should not be going online with juveniles,” Nocco said. “He was going on Roblox, a kids’ game, talking to these kids.”
The Christian Post website reports this is at least the second arrest of a religious school teacher for child porn in two months.
Jordan Fautz, 39, was arrested on federal charges in early February in Louisville, Kentucky. He’s accused of pasting pictures from the St. Stephen Martyr Catholic School yearbook onto naked children’s pictures with Photoshop.
WAVE-TV reports a lawsuit was filed in recent days against the school, claiming officials knew about child abuse and did not report it.
Front Page Detectives reported on a similar case in early 2023, where an Alabama church youth director and public middle school teacher was arrested.
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