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SALT LAKE CITY — A former employee of the Guadalupe Center in Salt Lake City is facing criminal charges related to having child sex abuse material.
Erik Phillip Roan, 31, was charged Monday in 3rd District Court with four counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, a second-degree felony.
The investigation began in June 2024 when the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received a tip that child sex abuse material was being uploaded. The tip was passed on to Utah's Internet Crimes Against Children task force for further investigation.
On Wednesday, task force members served a search warrant at Roan's home. Images of child sex abuse material were found on an undisclosed social media account on Roan's phone, a police booking affidavit alleges. He was then taken into custody.
At the time of his arrest, Roan was the associate director of development for the Guadalupe school. He was fired on Friday.
