In the News ... "Odessa youth pastor among six arrested in sting operation"

• Arrested by state and federal authorities on state charges

By Silvio Panta, Reporter
Odessa American

ODESSA, TEXAS - A former Odessa youth minister was among the six suspects state and federal authorities arrested in a sting operation last weekend targeting suspected sexual predators who solicited minors online.

Matthew Holman, 35, who directed the youth ministry program at Westwood Baptist Church for the past six months, was arrested on a state charge of second-degree felony online solicitation of a minor younger than 15 ...

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