TULSA, Okla. –
A Sand Springs man, Austin Sewell, who worked as an intern at a Tulsa church has been sentenced to 14 and a half years in federal prison for having a sharing child sexual abuse material.
Sewell will also have to register as a sex offender for life.
FROM US ATTORNEYS OFFICE:
“Court records show that between March and July 2025, the social media application, Kik, submitted more than 10 cyber tips to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). The reports indicated that Sewell was sharing videos that contained the sexual abuse of children. The investigation showed that Sewell had multiple Kik accounts and had been encouraging others to join chat groups focused on exchanging child pornography. During the investigation, law enforcement found that Sewell’s Facebook profile identified him as an intern at a church in Tulsa.
Law enforcement found several chats on Kik where Sewell discussed sexual interest in children with other users. Among those chats, they found more than 98 videos and 24 images showing children, infants, and toddlers being sexually abused. The child sexual abuse material found was sent to NCMEC’s Child Victim Identification Program. They helped identify at least five known victims.””
