Joshua Henley, Child Exploitation, Texas 2024

Joshua Henley, a 32-year-old former pastor and high school basketball coach, has been indicted on four counts of producing child sexual exploitation material, one count of transporting a minor interstate to engage in criminal sexual activity, and one count of sending obscene material to a minor under sixteen.

Henley, who served as the pastor of the Holladay Church of Christ in Holladay, Tennessee, and as a girls’ basketball coach at Holladay Elementary School, has been accused of using three minors to create sexual abuse material and of transporting a minor interstate to engage in criminal sexual activity.

The investigation, which involved the FBI’s Child Exploitation Task Force and the Benton County Sheriff’s Office, revealed that Henley had previously held similar positions in Kansas, Texas, and Oklahoma, and was working as a youth pastor in Indiana until his arrest.

Henley is charged with multiple counts of child exploitation, including producing, transporting, and possessing child sexual exploitation material; transporting a minor interstate to engage in criminal sexual activity; and sending obscene material to a minor under sixteen.

Assistant United States Attorney Debra Ireland is prosecuting this case on behalf of the government, and Henley could face up to 160 years in federal prison if convicted on all counts.

The charges and allegations contained in the indictment are merely accusations of criminal conduct, not evidence, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt and convicted through due process of law.

The case, number 1:21-cr-10064, is pending before Chief Federal District Court Judge S. Thomas Anderson in Jackson, Tennessee, and anyone with additional information on this or other cases involving sexual exploitation of minors is asked to contact investigators at the FBI Resident Agency in Jackson, Tennessee, or the Sheriff’s Office in Benton County.

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