Background Check Showed Convicted Sex Offender Volunteered for Bible Study

A convicted sex offender who volunteered to work with a Clinton bible study group was arrested Wednesday after a background check revealed he was a fugitive in Pennsylvania, the Hunterdon County Prosecutor’s Office announced today.

Christopher B. McGee, 42, of High Bridge, N.J., was wanted on a probation violation, according to authorities.

McGee, of the 200 block of Brunswick Avenue, was under parole supervision due to sexual abuse convictions, stemming from a 2009 arrest in Bucks County, according to court documents. Authorities discovered the warrant while doing a background check on McGee in relation to his involvement with community activities, according to reports. The investigation is ongoing, but there have been no reports of anyone being victimized, according to the prosecutor’s office.

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McGee was convicted in 2010 after chatting online with an undercover agent posing as a 13-year-old girl, sending pictures and videos of his genitals under the screen name,”horngogg69761,” according to a release from the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office at the time. He was charged with sexual abuse of a child, unlawful contact with a minor, criminal use of communication and sexual abuse of a child, according to court documents.

The extent of McGee’s involvement in the bible study program is unclear, and authorities declined to disclose the church and other organizations in which McGee was involved. He is being held in the Hunterdon County jail without bail, awaiting extradition to Pennsylvania.

“Community organizations must continue to work with their local police departments to establish procedures to conduct background checks on all volunteers,” Prosecutor Anthony Kearns said in a prepared statement.

The prosecutor’s office recently launched a notification system for alerting community organizations of certain registered sex offenders residing in their communities.

The application for the system may be found online at here.

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