Speaker 1: Hey there, folks.
Speaker 2: It is Thursday, August sixth and police in Florida are
Speaker 2: asking for other possible victims to come for victims of
Speaker 2: a guy they call a dope smoking pedophile preacher. And
Speaker 2: it actually gets worse than that. And with that, welcome
Speaker 2: to this episode of Amy and TJ. Jesus Christ Robes.
Speaker 2: This is it's awful enough a preacher who's also accused
Speaker 2: of being a pedophile, But Ropes there's another layer to
Speaker 2: this that it makes this story frankly unbelievable.
Speaker 3: Yes, because this aforementioned dope smoking pedophile preacher also is
Speaker 3: HIV positive.
Speaker 2: The accusation is that he has been having sex with
Speaker 2: kids and others and not telling them that he has HI. Robes,
Speaker 2: what the actual hell is going on in the news
Speaker 2: these days? This is an important story, Robes, because they
Speaker 2: do believe there's possibly other victims out there. Look, it's
Speaker 2: bad enough there are victims of a pedophile preacher out there,
Speaker 2: but Robes to think there are maybe people out there
Speaker 2: who have no idea.
Speaker 4: They have HIV.
Speaker 1: They could be kids.
Speaker 3: And the sad thing about this is there are medications
Speaker 3: out there that can prevent There are medications that can
Speaker 3: stop it even if you've been exposed to it. But
Speaker 3: time is of the essence, and so police are actually
Speaker 3: up against a timeline trying to see do you know
Speaker 3: this preacher?
Speaker 4: Have you had sex with this preacher? And look, there
Speaker 4: are a lot of reasons.
Speaker 3: Why if you're a man, or you're a young man
Speaker 3: and you don't want people to know. A lot of
Speaker 3: this is done clandestinely, so there is a shame or
Speaker 3: an embarrassment around it too, so folks might not want
Speaker 3: to step forward. But when you hear what this preacher
Speaker 3: and we say has been a custa, police say he
Speaker 3: admitted to doing much of this, this is a moment
Speaker 3: where you just need to know. Information is power. It
Speaker 3: could actually be life saving in a situation like this.
Speaker 1: It's bad enough.
Speaker 2: I mean, think of how how much damage is done
Speaker 2: to a young person by an adult who violates them,
Speaker 2: by an adult who's in such a trusted position.
Speaker 1: Right.
Speaker 2: We've seen cases unfortunately plenty over time, and the harm
Speaker 2: it does to those individuals well into their adulthood. Mental harm,
Speaker 2: that's one thing, Robes, we're talking about a serious health
Speaker 2: risk to people. Now you have to come forward, Robes.
Speaker 2: They're begging people to come forward and they think there
Speaker 2: may be more out there because if they put it,
Speaker 2: this guy was active and engaged as how they put it.
Speaker 2: But Roses, we're talking about Timothy Chaneyfield. Is that how you
Speaker 2: say his name? But a pastor out of Florida, forty
Speaker 2: two year old God the mugshot Jesus Chrime I know.
Speaker 3: And so he was the pastor of Saint James United
Speaker 3: American Free Will Baptist Church. He's had a lot of
Speaker 3: roles and they've all involved positions of power, positions of trust,
Speaker 3: and in many cases access.
Speaker 4: To young children.
Speaker 3: That is the scary thing when you start to look
Speaker 3: at this man's career. He was also the chaplain at
Speaker 3: Compassionate Care hospice And what really freaked me out is
Speaker 3: his role in the community because it extends beyond that.
Speaker 3: He has had access to focus to kids and he
Speaker 3: has been in trusted positions.
Speaker 2: For a decade plus down in that area. This is
Speaker 2: just outside the Orlando area, West Haven.
Speaker 5: I believe that was winter Haven.
Speaker 3: I believe because I know my grandma used to live
Speaker 3: in that area. It's central Florida. It's in between Orlando
Speaker 3: and Florida and Tampa. Excuse me, and it's an area
Speaker 3: where a lot of folks reside and go to in
Speaker 3: their retirement days. I mean, I just spent a lot
Speaker 3: of time in that area because of my grandma.
Speaker 2: And so the accusation here, Robes, is that at least
Speaker 2: the victim they're talking about the one this guy's facing
Speaker 2: charges over as a fourteen year old that they say
Speaker 2: he lured to his home for sex.
Speaker 1: And Robes they say this was on.
Speaker 2: Three different occasions, on back to back to back days.
Speaker 2: They went to the subdivision.
Speaker 1: Robes.
Speaker 2: They say he went to the subdivision that front gate,
Speaker 2: the entrance if you will, to the subdivision, picked the
Speaker 2: kid up there for three straight days, took him back
Speaker 2: to his home to have sex, and then dropped him
Speaker 2: off back and home. This happened back to back to
Speaker 2: back days, they say. And yes, Robes, they say this
Speaker 2: man had They say, as he's HIV positive, not just that, Robes,
Speaker 2: He's taken medication for us. It's not a matter of
Speaker 2: oh he did know where he going to it. He
Speaker 2: was actively taken medicine.
Speaker 3: He was aware he had HIV and exposed this kid
Speaker 3: and others to HIV.
Speaker 4: That is disturbing.
Speaker 3: And authorities found oudam on all of this because they
Speaker 3: received a cyber tip.
Speaker 2: That's good, right, Robes, that's great. At least the way
Speaker 2: the police say this went is that he contact. This
Speaker 2: is the weird part. He was able to get in
Speaker 2: touch with a kid initially on a dating app.
Speaker 4: That was disturbing.
Speaker 3: But perhaps the child was on a dating app and
Speaker 3: lied about his age or somehow circumvented any sort of
Speaker 3: You would hope there were age restrictions on set dating app.
Speaker 4: I would imagine there would have to be. But yes,
Speaker 4: they said it was a dating app.
Speaker 2: Okay, I didn't get that. But they initially met there
Speaker 2: and they said it went over then to Instagram where
Speaker 2: they took their conversations and that is where a robe
Speaker 2: some protections jumped into place, and tip came into authorities.
Speaker 2: So that's why through Instagram. I'd love to hear more
Speaker 2: about that and how that works, and to think that
Speaker 2: maybe it worked the way it was supposed to this
Speaker 2: time great, but that is how they initially got out.
Speaker 3: Yes, and the charges, by the way, are a plenty.
Speaker 3: I believe we're looking at nearly a dozen, three counts
Speaker 3: of lewd battery of a minor, three counts of interfering
Speaker 3: with custody of a minor, unlawful use of a two
Speaker 3: way communication device, traveling to meet a minor, three counts
Speaker 3: of those HIV infected person, having sex without informing partner
Speaker 3: right now, there are four counts of that. We'll explain
Speaker 3: what the other count is. And possession of drug paraphernalia.
Speaker 3: I think he had five counts of that. But there
Speaker 3: is a man, a twenty six year old man, who
Speaker 3: was also a victim in this case.
Speaker 1: Ah.
Speaker 2: Yeah, so this is someone who they were able to
Speaker 2: find and track down. Through the investigation, they found out
Speaker 2: there was another guy out there, so they or someone
Speaker 2: else that they believed he was involved with. So they
Speaker 2: let this guy know, gave him a heads up that
Speaker 2: twenty six year olds is now HIV positive.
Speaker 3: He actually was infected and he did not know until
Speaker 3: police found him, contacted him, had him tested, and turns
Speaker 3: out yes, he in fact has HIV, and I believe
Speaker 3: from what I have read, police were able to at
Speaker 3: least intervene with this young this fourteen year old, and
Speaker 3: get him on medication to help prevent him actually contracting HIV.
Speaker 4: There are meds out there.
Speaker 3: Prep is obviously the best beforehand but there are meds
Speaker 3: if you've recently been exposed, if you can get on
Speaker 3: them right away, you can diminish your chances of actually
Speaker 3: contracting HIV.
Speaker 1: They haven't done.
Speaker 2: We'll give you a quote here from the sheriff, but
Speaker 2: not clear Robes, and I don't know when they'll know.
Speaker 2: When the kids in they all clear, but they say
Speaker 2: he is being treated now, but don't.
Speaker 1: Know does this work. Is he okay? Will he be okay?
Speaker 2: We don't have that answer, but they are getting the
Speaker 2: kid treatment according to the authorities. And this was wild
Speaker 2: Robes he went. They say the pastor cheney Field had
Speaker 2: gone to Baltimore to actually perform a funeral service through hospice. Okay,
Speaker 2: so he's still actively out there working as a pastor.
Speaker 2: They said they contacted the folks up in Maryland because
Speaker 2: they felt this guy was such a threat.
Speaker 1: They say, we have to stop. What does he do
Speaker 1: in Baltimore.
Speaker 3: And who may he be potentially having sex with in Baltimore.
Speaker 2: So they tried to get a hold of them, but
Speaker 2: weren't able to get him until he came back. Robes
Speaker 2: flew back in to Orlando and they immediately arrested him.
Speaker 2: Scooped him up, and they say, robes he did. He
Speaker 2: has already confessed to some of the behavior with the
Speaker 2: fourteen year old. So the sheriff there, I put it
Speaker 2: this way quote, he confessed that he picked up this
Speaker 2: fourteen year old child on at least three different occasions,
Speaker 2: took him to his home where he engaged the child
Speaker 2: in sex. But that wasn't it, That wasn't all. Timothy
Speaker 2: is HIV positive. He failed to tell this fourteen year
Speaker 2: old child that I am HIV positive, and he had
Speaker 2: unprotected sex with a child and exposed our fourteen year
Speaker 2: old victim to HIV. We pray that our work was
Speaker 2: fast enough because we got our victim the HIV cocktail.
Speaker 2: So he's saying, we hope that we stopped this child
Speaker 2: from being infective. They don't know yet, Rose, but he
Speaker 2: said finally, but we have a twenty six year old
Speaker 2: who said that he engaged Timothy Chaneyfield in sex and
Speaker 2: now he is HIV positive. That is the story summed
Speaker 2: up in one quote from the sheriff. What an incredible
Speaker 2: story worlds we've seen. I'm sure you've covered at some
Speaker 2: point in your career stories in which someone did have
Speaker 2: sex it didn't inform someone that they were HIV positive.
Speaker 1: I don't think I've heard about one involving child.
Speaker 3: I've never heard of this before. And to know it
Speaker 3: just look, it's it's appalling and criminal behavior for anyone
Speaker 3: to have sex with a child, first of all. Second
Speaker 3: of all, to know that your potentially infecting them with
Speaker 3: a lethal disease and not telling them. And then on
Speaker 3: top of that, you're a pastor, you're a man of God.
Speaker 1: Get worse.
Speaker 5: I don't know how in the hell is this possible.
Speaker 4: It is awful.
Speaker 5: I mean, this is as bad of a story as
Speaker 5: you can tell.
Speaker 2: And again to declear, he was he was caught after
Speaker 2: coming back from a work trip in which he performed
Speaker 2: a funeral. What this is as that there is a
Speaker 2: maliciousness Now, it's not even malicious, it's not even lack
Speaker 2: of morals, rogues. There is an evil to that.
Speaker 5: It's deliberate, it's intentional.
Speaker 4: It's a choice.
Speaker 2: Damn, I don't roes. This is swee of hoof. We
Speaker 2: have covered some stories here lately that I have that
Speaker 2: boggle the mind, and this is another one of them.
Speaker 2: And I dare I even say, folks, this actually gets worse.
Speaker 2: Stay here, we'll explain why it does and why authorities believe. Yes,
Speaker 2: there are more victims out there and they are desperate
Speaker 2: to track them down immediately.
Speaker 3: Welcome back everyone to Amy and TJ. We mentioned before
Speaker 3: the break that this story gets worse. It might be
Speaker 3: hard to imagine that it could, but it does because
Speaker 3: we learned from police that this man, who they describe
Speaker 3: as a dope smoking pedophile preacher who is infected with
Speaker 3: HIV was, in fact, we mentioned that he was in
Speaker 3: a position of trust. Yes, as a pastor, that's understandable,
Speaker 3: but how about as a teacher. Cheneyfield worked for the
Speaker 3: Polk County Schools for twelve years up until recently twenty
Speaker 3: twelve until twenty twenty four. He was a substitute teacher
Speaker 3: for a couple of those years, and he was an
Speaker 3: IT network manager for most of those years. But he
Speaker 3: was in and around schools. He was there among children,
Speaker 3: and anyone who has ever read up on or knows
Speaker 3: anything about pedophiles, they never just have one victim, and
Speaker 3: they almost always put themselves in a position to be
Speaker 3: around young folks who they can groom, who they can
Speaker 3: have at their access, whose parents trust them. Given their position.
Speaker 3: And this reads because you talk about a preacher and
Speaker 3: a teacher. Those are two people most parents trust with
Speaker 3: their children, period. And you assume that the companies or
Speaker 3: the entities that they work for have vetted these folks, right,
Speaker 3: I think we all operate assuming that's the case.
Speaker 1: I mean, Robes. How do you I mean robes? You
Speaker 1: said it.
Speaker 2: How can we imagine we should be comfortable in thinking
Speaker 2: that this guy, this was his first ever victim. We're
Speaker 2: supposed to believe this is a one off. That's a
Speaker 2: hard in robes. You look at this twenty twelve robes
Speaker 2: for the past nearly fifteen years, we know he has
Speaker 2: worked in direct robes. This dude that is accused and,
Speaker 2: according to police, confess to having unprotected sex, knowing he
Speaker 2: had HIV with a fourteen year old kid. You're telling
Speaker 2: me he was in a classroom for two years teaching kids.
Speaker 4: That's frightening. And he's forty two years old.
Speaker 3: Now, he didn't just become a pedophile in the last
Speaker 3: year or two. This is something that he obviously.
Speaker 4: Has dealt with.
Speaker 3: This isn't This isn't something that just pops up suddenly.
Speaker 3: So yes, this is very concerning. In, anyone who had
Speaker 3: a child in his classroom, anyone who had a child
Speaker 3: in that school while he was in and out. Even yes,
Speaker 3: substitute teacher for some of those years, but also yes,
Speaker 3: as an IT manager, he.
Speaker 4: Still had access to classrooms.
Speaker 3: Everyone needs it help and so yes, police are desperate.
Speaker 3: They want this story out because they need to hear
Speaker 3: from potential victims, from family members, from folks who think, oh.
Speaker 5: My god, I went to that church, I was in
Speaker 5: that school.
Speaker 4: Yeah, you need to be aware.
Speaker 2: But we were wondering as well. The other thing I
Speaker 2: didn't mention the para professional part. So's two years as
Speaker 2: a substitute. He spent a couple of years as what
Speaker 2: they call a para professional, which is just a teacher's assistant.
Speaker 2: He's literally physically in the classroom. That still puts him
Speaker 2: in the classroom. So two years, Yeah, there's three, four
Speaker 2: five years he was specifically assigned to class rooms, and
Speaker 2: as an IT manager, he was making site visits. I
Speaker 2: mean you can imagine he was going in and out
Speaker 2: of classrooms free reign rodes ah. Yeah, we do these things.
Speaker 2: We're desperate to understand. And this is sick. This is
Speaker 2: as close to evil as you're going to get me
Speaker 2: to say that's evil, that's.
Speaker 4: On so many levels.
Speaker 3: And so, yes, the police department put out this statement
Speaker 3: and yeah, this is the sheriff. And the sheriff nailed
Speaker 3: it in his statements because he really brought it home
Speaker 3: and made the point that this is an ongoing investigation.
Speaker 4: He said, I would be shocked.
Speaker 3: If there weren't other children victims out there. I would
Speaker 3: be shocked if there weren't other victims out there. He
Speaker 3: was very active, he was very engaged.
Speaker 1: What does that mean that they may I mean probably
Speaker 1: for social.
Speaker 3: Media, from his dating app, from how he was meeting people,
Speaker 3: how he was hooking up with people. He could see,
Speaker 3: they could see how often he was reaching out to folks.
Speaker 3: And so can you imagine now this awful task as
Speaker 3: a detective to try and reach out to any of
Speaker 3: those people who you can see he contacted or who
Speaker 3: he met up with, and then have to go back
Speaker 3: fifteen years to that school, to those rosters, to those
Speaker 3: yearbook photos to find out who was around him when.
Speaker 3: And you need as a public service to contact these folks,
Speaker 3: not just to find out what may have happened to
Speaker 3: them at the hands of this man. But also to
Speaker 3: alert them that they need to be tested.
Speaker 1: Fack is ticking for some and who.
Speaker 3: Knows how much how much sexual activity was taking place
Speaker 3: for all of those years these kids grew up continued
Speaker 3: to be sexually active, I would imagine, And so this
Speaker 3: is a nightmare.
Speaker 5: Just the exponential potential of victims.
Speaker 3: In this case is kind of mind blowing and scary
Speaker 3: all at the same time.
Speaker 2: It's scary to think of just right, if this was
Speaker 2: an isolated incident, that whole situation is terrifying. But roabes
Speaker 2: the potential for you. Potentially he was in schools for
Speaker 2: the past fifteen years. This is a terrifying story for
Speaker 2: what it is and for potentially what it could be.
Speaker 2: I wanted to pass this one along, but it's a big,
Speaker 2: big story happening right now in Florida.
Speaker 1: Folks.
Speaker 2: It's a tough one, but it's still worth talking about
Speaker 2: and getting the word out. Even Robes, so, folks, we
Speaker 2: appreciate you is always spending a little time with us,
Speaker 2: even on this very very difficult story, but on behalf
Speaker 2: of my dear Amy Robot.
Speaker 1: I'm T J. Holmes. We'll talk to y'all soon.
Speaker 3: M h m hm.