Orange County deputies said Tuesday they had “stopped a predator before he had the chance to harm a child,” announcing the arrest of a man accused of trying to meet with an undercover detective posing as a 14-year-old boy.Alan Chambers, 54, faces charges of solicitation of a minor via computer, transmission of material harmful to minors, and unlawful use of a two-way communication device, records show. Chambers’ arrest affidavit states he and the detective spoke via Snapchat and Telegram between February and May of this year, during which Chambers would allegedly send sexually-explicit messages while attempting to arrange a meetup. Chambers repeatedly expressed concerns over getting in trouble and occasionally deleted the chats, the affidavit states. Chambers was arrested Tuesday morning during a traffic stop at Aloma Avenue and Strathy Lane, according to the affidavit. WESH 2 News previously reported on Chambers in 2013 when he was head of Exodus International, a now-defunct Orlando-based Christian ministry that advocated and practiced so-called conversion therapy. Chambers apologized to the gay community “for years of undue suffering and judgment at the hands of the organization and the church as a whole, ” announcing the organization would shut down. Anyone with information about any additional victims should call the agency’s non-emergency line at 407-836-4357, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office said on social media.

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. —

Orange County deputies said Tuesday they had “stopped a predator before he had the chance to harm a child,” announcing the arrest of a man accused of trying to meet with an undercover detective posing as a 14-year-old boy.

Alan Chambers, 54, faces charges of solicitation of a minor via computer, transmission of material harmful to minors, and unlawful use of a two-way communication device, records show.

Chambers’ arrest affidavit states he and the detective spoke via Snapchat and Telegram between February and May of this year, during which Chambers would allegedly send sexually-explicit messages while attempting to arrange a meetup. Chambers repeatedly expressed concerns over getting in trouble and occasionally deleted the chats, the affidavit states.

Chambers was arrested Tuesday morning during a traffic stop at Aloma Avenue and Strathy Lane, according to the affidavit.

WESH 2 News previously reported on Chambers in 2013 when he was head of Exodus International, a now-defunct Orlando-based Christian ministry that advocated and practiced so-called conversion therapy. Chambers apologized to the gay community “for years of undue suffering and judgment at the hands of the organization and the church as a whole, ” announcing the organization would shut down.

Anyone with information about any additional victims should call the agency’s non-emergency line at 407-836-4357, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office said on social media.