Daniel Kellan Mayfield, 35, has been charged after allegedly filming multiple women and girls as young as 14 while they showered or used the restroom, including while at church.
A youth pastor in upstate South Carolina has been charged after allegedly filming multiple women and girls as young as 14 while they showered or used the restroom, including while at church.
After looking into his phone, investigators reportedly identified at least five more victims, some of whom were allegedly filmed in the bathroom of the church, according to FOX Carolina. Mayfield, who served as youth pastor at Gowensville Baptist Church in Landrum since 2016, was arrested in Boiling Springs and charged last week with 5 counts of first-degree sexual exploitation of a minor, and 1 count of voyeurism.“I’m concerned about my wife and my daughters being on that camera,” Benjamin Green, another church member, First Baptist Gowensville confirmed to the local outlet that Mayfield was a student pastor at the church, but that he was fired upon his arrest.
Mayfield is accused of setting up a camera and filming girls as young as 14 on at least 3 occasions dating back to as far as July 2022.“On May 27, 2023, First Baptist Gowensville leadership was made aware of an incident of moral misconduct perpetrated by one of our staff members,” the church said in a statement.
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