I noted, on Twitter as well as in a comment on the newspaper’s original, that what my best friend used to call the Lexington Herald-Liberal adheres to a McClatchy policy not to publish the mugshots of accused criminals, and normally extends that to convicted felons, including murderers, as well, but chose to publish a photo of a man accused, in a lawsuit but not a criminal complaint, of taping sex between guests.

So, I was in no way surprised that the newspaper decided not to publish the publicly available mugshot of this fine gentleman, but it was easy enough for me to find:

Kentucky minister charged with multiple sex offenses involving minors

By Valarie Honeycutt Spears | Friday, October 2, 2026 | 10:32 AM EDT

A minister who lives in Pulaski County has been charged with multiple sex offenses involving minors, Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office officials said.

Scott C. Hughes, 54, of Somerset was arrested Thursday following an investigation into allegations against him.

Crimes Against Children Detective Jay Picard received information concerning alleged sexual contact involving Hughes and individuals who were minors at the time of the alleged offenses, the sheriff’s office said. The allegations involve conduct occurring in Pulaski County beginning in 2018. Picard said Hughes was a pastor.

Hughes was arrested at his home Thursday night. He has been charged with second-degree sodomy, third-degree sodomy, first-degree sex abuse and other offenses, a news release said.

As a Mass-every-Sunday committed Catholic, I was very distressed during the period of revelations concerning the sexual abuse and even rape of minors, usually minor boys, by Catholic priests, and by the continuing damage to the reputation of priests who have been totally innocent of such crimes. Naturally, given the sparse information from Herald-Leader reported Valarie Spears, I had to dig further, and found that Mr Hughes was the pastor at Pleasant View Baptist Church in Waynesburg, Lincoln County, and had previously been pastor at Eubank Baptist Church in Pulaski County.

I also noticed that, in none of the reports on the arrest of Mr Hughes, was there any indication of whether the pastor had been molesting boys or girls; that’s a pretty typical case in the credentialed media, though it might be that the Pulaski County Sheriff did not disclose that information.

In an episode of NCIS, fictional Special Agent Jethro Gibbs, in interrogating and intimidating some wimpy college boys, said, “Believe me, son, you will not do well in prison.” I suspect that, if Mr Hughes is found guilty of the charges and sent to prison, he too will not do well in prison.