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May 15, 2013|By Desiree Stennett, Orlando Sentinel

A custodial manager at Disney's Port Orleans resort is accused of watching child porn at work while writing an Easter sermon for a Sanford church where he is the pastor.

Cedric Eugene Cuthbert, pastor of the Historic St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church in Sanford, worked for Disney for more than seven years before his arrest. He has since been fired.

An employee-relations manager at Disney was alerted last month when Cuthbert, 49, tried to access several blocked websites from his work computer, the manager told Orange County deputies.

Disney's monitoring system takes screen shots of employee computers every three seconds and recorded Cuthbert writing an Easter Sunday church sermon on John chapter 13 verses 1-35 and Psalm 148 while loading pornographic YouTube videos involving teenage girls.

That portion of the book of John tells the story of Jesus' prediction of Judas' betrayal and Psalm 148 tells all people to praise the Lord above all else.

Cuthbert faces charges of possession of material including sexual conduct by a child and soliciting a child for unlawful sexual conduct using a computer.

According the his arrest affidavit, Cuthbert wrote a letter of apology to Disney officials, but there were no details about what was in the letter. He also told investigators that he didn't specifically search for child porn. Instead, he said he simply opened links that were sent to him via YouTube, the report states.

Cuthbert worked an overnight shift at the Disney resort from 10 p.m. to 8 a.m. the arrest affidavit states. He logged in with his employee credentials during a time when no other employees would have been at work, deputies said.

After watching one video, Cuthbert sent a message to the person who posted the video to YouTube that said, "You are so cute!... Keep making vids! Send me a private vid longer, I am a big fan of yours!"

Cuthbert is being held in the Orange County Jail on $12,500 bail.

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