OUTCOME: Sentenced to 15 years in federal prison. Worked from 2009 to 2013 as a volunteer and/or paid employee doing church music programs for his brother, a youth pastor at a Garland church, and was involved in grooming multiple teenaged victims by sexting, grooming and attempting to seduce them, according to Garland Police, federal court records and a Dallas civil lawsuit. Was convicted of related pornography charges in federal court for “inducing a 16-year-old female” to repeatedly expose herself to him in photos and video chats over the internet as well as transporting an obscene image across state lines by sending a video of himself to her while masturbating. In a federal sentencing hearing, Earls apologized to several Texas victims.”

Source: Houston Chronicle Abuse of Faith Database