Feds Charge Northshore YMCA Worker with Child Porn

A Boy Scout leader and YMCA employee was charged today with possessing child pornography.

Patrick Lynch, 22, of Peabody, was arrested Friday, and made his initial appearance yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston on charges that he received and possessed child pornography.

The criminal complaint alleges Lynch received emails containing child pornography beginning during May, 2013.  An investigation by Homeland Security Investigations revealed that Lynch was affiliated with the Boy Scouts, including a position as a Scout leader at the Philmont Training Center for the Boy Scouts of America. Lynch had also been employed at the Greater Beverly YMCA, part of the Northshore YMCA that also includes Haverhill and Plaistow chapters. Lynch had recently begun employment with Beanstalk Adventure Ropes Course in Reading.

The charge of receipt of child pornography provides for a mandatory minimum term of five years and no greater than 20 years in prison.  The charge of possession of child pornography provides for no greater than 20 years in prison.  Both statutes provide for a mandatory minimum of five years and up to a lifetime of supervised release and a fine of $250,000, based upon the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz and Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations Bruce M. Foucart made the announcement Monday. Assistance was also provided by the Massachusetts State Police and the Peabody Police Department.  The case is being prosecuted by Eve A. Piemonte Stacey of Ortiz’s Major Crimes Unit.

The case is brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, established in 2006 by the Department of Justice created Project Safe Childhood. Members of the public who have questions, concerns or information regarding this case should call (617) 748-3274.

2 thoughts on “Feds Charge Northshore YMCA Worker with Child Porn

  1. – Photographing or videotaping any minor being sexual VIOLATES that minor and produces “CHILD ABUSE IMAGERY” (formerly known as child porn)
    – “Child abuse imagery” is evidence of a CRIME.
    – VIEWING the crime is a CRIME.
    – And viewing the crime RE-violates that child.
    – And SHARING the crime is a CRIME.
    – And SHARING the crime RE-violates that child.
    – Even VIEWING a sexual selfie of a minor is a CRIME. (photos AND videos)
    – And viewing the crime RE-violates that child.
    – And SHARING the crime is a CRIME.
    – And SHARING the crime RE-violates that child.

    You DON’T have the RIGHT to violate the privacy, chastity, and dignity of a child.

  2. If you can’t manage your own life RIGHT, someone will manage it FOR you. ……….. 
    DO YOU LIKE YOUR FREEDOM?  “Child abuse imagery” (formerly known as child porn), is not protected under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. …………… 
    How would you like to be imprisoned in a tiny space, being told when to wake up, when to eat, and when to sleep? 
    How would you like to be crammed into a cell with another person 24 /7? 
    How would you like to never have privacy again? 
    How would you like to have to urinate and defecate with another person right next to you? 
    And how would you like to have to listen to somebody defecate a few feet away from you and smell it? You will have no control over who your prison cell mate is. It could be a violent murderer! You could be strangled while you sleep. You will never feel safe again. …and this could go on for years and years, even decades. MAKE GOOD CHOICES!