The father of a teenage babysitter facing child pornography charges is stepping down from his position as a church Elder board member at The Church of Eleven-22.
It’s the same church where his son, 19-year-old University of North Florida student Neal Buckles, used to work as a child care provider.
Buckles bonded out of jail on Friday afternoon.
Neal Buckles’ father said he had no comment on his son’s charges of transmission and possession of child pornography.
A judge had set his bond that morning at $22,500 with the conditions that Buckles cannot access the internet and can have no unsupervised contact with children.
A UNF spokesperson confirmed that Buckles lives on campus, but his arrest report says he emailed photos of young boys engaged in sexual activity from a computer at his parents’ home in Ponte Vedra Beach.
His arrest report said the boys appeared to be between the ages of 5 and 10.
Buckles has not responded to Action News Jax’s call, text message or emails asking for his side of the story.
He has no arrest history in St. Johns or Duval counties.
At Neal's first appearance, his attorney David Barksdale denied knowing about his client's Facebook posts about babysitting and working as a childcare provider at the church.
“I don’t have any information about Facebook. If there is anything related to the church, we can certainly just put a stop to it,” said Barksdale.
Buckles’ personal and babysitting Facebook pages were taken down Friday afternoon.
The Church of Eleven22 sent us the statement below on Friday: