Morris Co. Youth Pastor Used Apps To Meet Underage Girls: SCPO

MORRIS COUNTY — A youth pastor at a Morris County church is accused of using social media apps to meet underage girls and have sexually explicit chats with them, the Sussex County Prosecutor's Office said.

Darryl Farrier, 38, from Franklin, faces one found of child endangerment and one count of possession of child pornography, Sussex County Prosecutor Francis A. Koch said. Farrier allegedly used the messaging apps Whisper, Kik and Meet Me to have explicit chats with underage girls, Koch said.

Farrier used the screen names “Doug,” “Hangten0, “Pallyi_Possum,” “Dmann4789” or “Dmann347," Koch said.

He is a pastor at a youth church in Morris County, Koch said, but it was not immediately clear which church Farrier is affiliated with. Requests for comment sent to a possible church were not immediately returned.

Anyone who spoke to him online, or has more information, is asked to contact the Sussex County Prosecutor’s Office High Tech Crimes Unit at 973-383-1570.

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