HUNTINGTON, Ind. (April 24,2014)– Indiana youth pastor admits to posing as teen girl online to solicit nude photos from boys.
Nathan Hasty, a former Campus Life Director for Youth for Christ from Huntington, Indiana pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges that he sexually exploited a minor.
Hasty used a fake Facebook page to solicit naked photographs from children, including ones who belonged to Youth for Christ.
Court documents show that Hasty created several Facebook accounts under false names in order to communicate with underage boys in a sexual nature and attempt to convince them to send nude photos. He even enticed some of them into webcam sessions in which he watched them masturbate, claiming he didn’t have a camera.
According to the FBI affidavit, Facebook cooperated with the investigation, providing authorities with the IP address of the accounts. Because the same IP address was used for all accounts, authorities believed they all originated from the same computer.
Hasty was suspended from Youth for Christ as soon as the organization learned of the FBI investigation.
