Tyson Graves Police photo
A Central Illinois man who ran a ministry to help men stay "sexually pure" is awaiting extradition to Colorado on charges he exposed himself to a 14-year-old girl on the Internet.
Tyson Graves, 28, of Atwood, Illinois runs the True Manhood Ministries which uses the slogan "Fighting the Battle for Sexual Integrity."
Graves also has pastoral duties at the Allenville Christian Church in Sullivan, according to his website.
Graves was arrested October 1, on a Colorado warrant for one count sexual exploitation of a child and one count Internet sexual exploitation of a child, according the the Piatt County Sheriff's Department.
Graves allegedly exposed himself on a web cam to a Colorado police officer posing as a 14-year-old girl.
Graves says on the True Manhood Ministrires website he was motivated to start the ministry because of his own struggle to stay sexually pure.
On the same website, his wife details Grave's addiction to Internet pornography and mentions a previous incident in which she caught him late at night working the web cam in an apparently unseemly manner.
Graves is currently in the Piatt County jail with bond set at $100,000. It is not known exactly when he'll be extradited to Colorado.
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