A Tewksbury man has been indicted on three types of child pornography charges after authorities accused him of giving someone videos depicting child sexual abuse featuring children who could be as young as 5, the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Thursday.

Brian McCarthy, 52, of Tewksbury, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Nov. 4 on one count each of distribution of child pornography, possession of child pornography and receipt of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Leah B. Foley and Michael J. Krol, special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations in New England, announced Nov. 13, after the federal government reopened from a 43-day shutdown.

McCarthy was arrested at his home on the same charges Oct. 7 and released on conditions after appearing in federal court in Boston, the announcement said.

The day before he was arrested, charging documents say, McCarthy had exchanged messages with another person on the Telegram messaging app and “knowingly distributed to that user 10 files appearing to depict” child sexual abuse material. Children in at least two videos appeared to be 5-7 years old, according to authorities.

The day he was arrested, McCarthy “was allegedly found to knowingly possess files appearing to depict child pornography,” authorities wrote.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s office, sentencing — which would be imposed by a federal district court judge — for the various charges could be as follows: