A Florida youth pastor was arrested on Thursday after investigators said that they found a computer at his home “sharing” images of child pornography.

According to a statement from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, St. Gabriel Episcopal Church youth pastor Lucas Dillon Brandenburg, 30, was arrested on 10 charges of possession of child pornography.

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The statement said that agents first noticed that there was a computer at his residence in Titusville that was “sharing images of child pornography” in July.

Brandenburg was being held at the Brevard County Jail in lieu of $350,000 bond.

In a speech to the 44th Annual Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida last year, he explained why he had become a youth pastor.

“My life is forever changed by the youth ministries that I attended,” Brandenburg said. “I went for the camps, I went for games, I went to hang out with my friends, to meet girls obviously.”

“Despite my wrong motives, I had an encounter with Jesus Christ, I heard his call. And like all who respond to that call, I left my pile of worthless things, and I followed him,” he continued. “There are more pitfalls set before young people today than I have time to describe. The fact is we live in a dark world, and a depraved culture.”

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“And for many teens, a youth ministry is the only port in the storm. The ministry that I run at St. Gabriels is just such a ministry.”

Watch the video below from Episcopal Florida.