Dirty, Dirty Clown

You always knew they were creepy and scary and completely unfunny. But now, it turns out that one of those white-faced weirdos that gave you nightmares as a kid is facing charges for child pornography, too.

An Illinois man, known as "Klutzo the Christian Clown" was taken into custody on Wednesday, after baggage-checking agents found pics of naked Filipino boys in his luggage during a routine bag check in San Fran airport.

Whee! Just in time for Halloween! Might want to re-think those clown costumes.

In his defense, "Klutzo" says of the nude pics, "That's the way they live." However, three boys from the "House of Joy" orphanage in the Philippines claim they woke up on at least one occasion to find Klutzo fondling them. Dirty Girl found the photo above, showing some of the orphans the way they ought to be seen--as normal, happy kids. With clothes on.

Amon Paul Carlock, aka Klutzo, an Illinois performer who describes himself as a "Christian Clown," performs at parties and Vacation Bible schools. Carlock recently filmed a promotional video for the Filipino House of Joy Orphanage entitled (prepare yourself for the sickest pun imaginable), "Klutzo in the Philippines."

Eww. Ick.

Posting at a missionary outreach internet site, Klutzo wrote enthusiastically about volunteering overseas and, "Doing any tasks that I am capable of doing." According to the clown, "Wife cannot come due to work."

I don't even want to go there. It's just too sleazy.

You can check out the promotional video and more sordid details over at The Smoking Gun website, which broke the story.

Update: Tom Tomorrow over at This Modern World reveals that Klutzo served more than 20 years in law enforcement, has been a Big Brother and youth counselor, is an ordained minister for the Church of Nazarene and once complained about a newspaper cartoon containing, "Too much smut."