Youth pastor Daniel Mayfield secretly filmed girls: Deputies

Youth pastor Daniel Kellan Mayfield filmed girls in a church bathroom, deputies said. (Mugshot: Greenville County Sheriff’s Office)

A youth pastor is in jail and out of a job after he allegedly filmed girls in his church’s bathroom. Deputies in Greenville County, South Carolina, said their Greenwood County counterparts gave them information following that office’s separate investigation which lead to warrants and the arrest of Daniel Kellan Mayfield, 35, for charges including five counts of first-degree sexual exploitation of a minor and a count of voyeurism.

“During the course of the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office investigation, investigators discovered Mayfield had unlawfully filmed multiple girls, as young as 14 years-old, while in the bathroom of Gowensville Baptist Church located at 5650 SC-14 Landrum, SC,” authorities wrote in a press statement.

Mayfield issued an alleged confession to deputies, according to the affidavit.

Deputies said they identified six victims so far, but the investigation is ongoing and they are working on identifying other potential victims through seized evidence.

“Investigators have learned Mayfield set up and recorded video inside the women’s restroom inside the church on at least three occasions, dating back to July 2022,” authorities said. “Investigators do believe Daniel Mayfield acted alone and do not have reason to believe anyone from the church had knowledge of the unlawful activity and will add has been completely cooperative with GCSO’s investigation.”