The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod is the largest Lutheran tradition presupposing any form of orthodoxy in the United States. On Wednesday, LCMS president Matthew Harrison announced that the regional president in Central Illinois was arrested.
Harrison’s announcement comes before any local news articles have cropped up, but he passes on his understanding that Mohr was caught producing child pornography, not merely possessing.
The Central Illinois District of the LCMS re-elected Michael Mohr last summer and it included an announcement that CID passed a resolution relating to advocacy in criminal justice reform.
Update from the Department of Justice:
Michael William Mohr, 54, of Springfield, was charged by complaint Wednesday in St. Louis with one count of producing child pornography. He will be held in jail until trial after waiving his right to a detention hearing.
The affidavit in support of the complaint alleges that a court-approved search of Mohr’s home in Springfield found storage devices that contained videos of three juveniles in the bathroom. A search of a residence used by Mohr in Vandalia uncovered a hidden camera disguised as a wall clock and one disguised as a Bluetooth speaker, the affidavit says. The investigation began after one of the juveniles told the Vandalia Police Department that he discovered a camera disguised as an electronic device charger in a hotel bathroom the morning after Mohr stood above him and masturbated, the affidavit says.
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