Godfrey pastor sentenced in child pornography case
GODFREY – A former Lutheran pastor at a Godfrey church will spend more than seven years in federal prison following a conviction on child pornography charges. Federal investigators said Steven Tibbetts admitted to collecting illicit images and videos of children over a three-decade period. Tibbetts was once the head of the Resurrection Lutheran Church. He would later face charges, following a June 2020 arrest, of knowingly distributing child pornography. The charge is in relation to a December 2019 incident. Court […]
