KRQE.com reports that

A children’s pastor at an Albuquerque [NM] church is facing federal charges of receiving and possessing child pornography.

Pastor Derek Schwartzrock, 34, was arrested Wednesday by agents from Homeland Security Investigations and the New Mexico State Police, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. He is expected to make his initial appearance in court on Friday.

The agents, acting with a search warrant, seized a computer and related media from Schwartzrock’s home and later reported [they found] 12,000 images that appeared to be “consistent with child pornography.”