Catholic teacher pleads not guilty to charge of sharing child pornography
St Augustine High School in San Diego Photo by Chris Stone Times of San Diego A instructor at a North Park Catholic school pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a federal grand jury indictment of a single count of distribution of child pornography The lone felony charge against Ryan Bennett Segura alleges he used digital and computerimages of a minor in interstate commerce The scenario is related to his communication with a Denver man The charge does not involve students at St Augustine High School where Segura has worked since mid- Segura appeared before U S District Court Judge Valerie Torres who scheduled an Oct hearing in which a trial date may be set Torres earlier ordered Segura detained without bail based on the strength of the evidenceagainst him the nature of the charge and that it involved a minor according to court records The Denver man and Segura had a September conversation on mobile phones about child pornography that federal executives discovered The texts the two sent each other exhibited the Denver man asking Segura what you into and he replied yng which is short foryoung according to court records The texting continued until Segura allegedly sent video images of a man with a boy involving sex acts according to the U S Attorney s office The Denver man also responded with a similar video to Segura Segura described federal agents he had distributed and received child abuse material with the Denver man but that he had stopped viewing this type of material in March The defendant s LinkedIn page lists his job as a religion trainer and head track and field coach at St Augustine At the time of his arrest St Augustine s President Ed Hearn in a message announced that the school placed Segura on administrative leave pending an review Segura s attorney Nicholas DePento could not be reached for comment Segura remains inthe downtown Metropolitan Correctional Center
