Meet Bernie Ward. The federal child-pornography charges filed against former radio talk show host Bernie Ward came about after he engaged in sex chats with an online dominatrix and allegedly sent her pictures of children engaged in sexual activity, according to a police report released Friday.
The woman, who lives in Oakdale (Stanislaus County), became concerned after Ward allegedly sent her pictures in December 2004 showing children "engaged in or simulating sexual acts with adults or other children," Oakdale police Officer Benjamin Savage wrote in a report.
An America Online chat-room user by the name of Vincentlio engaged in sexually explicit chats with the woman in December 2004 and January 2005, Savage wrote. Vincentlio addressed the woman - whose screen name was Sexfairy2005 - as "mistress," while she addressed him as "slave," the report said.
The woman told police that she knew the man as Vincent and that he said he was a divorced priest from Manteca (San Joaquin County).
Vincent discussed engaging in group sex at a San Mateo porn theater and wrote at one point, "I love trading pictures," the police report said.
"And why haven't I gotten any pics, slave?" Sexfairy2005 responded, according to the report. "Send me some."
Vincent sent her a photo of a naked boy sitting on a chair between a topless woman and a clothed girl, the police report said. Vincent told the woman that the boy was 14 years old, the girl was 12 and the woman was in her late 30s.
Oakdale police determined that the AOL account belonged to Ward and contacted the FBI, which took over the case. A federal grand jury indicted Ward, a former Catholic priest, in September on two counts of possessing and distributing child pornography using the Internet.
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