UPDATED::Mtn. Church ex-pastor pleads guilty in hidden camera case

UPDATE::  Ex-youth pastor sentenced to 15 years o sex abuse cahrge [sic]

The Mail Tribune reports U.S. District Court Judge Anne Aiken ruled Thursday that Donald Courtney Biggs be considered a “repeat and dangerous sex offender” for secretly recording dozens of young women and juvenile girls undressing in bathrooms at multiple church events between at least March 2013 through September of 2014.

UPDATE::  Ex-youth pastor attacked during sentencing on sex abuse plea

A former youth pastor was attacked in federal court during his sentencing Wednesday on a sex abuse charge by an unknown man who lunged over the railing from the gallery.
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The Mail Tribune, which was covering the hearing, said police Lt. Justin Ivens told reporters outside the courthouse that Biggs was transported to a local hospital to be checked for injuries after being punched once in the face.

The assailant, whose name was not released, was arrested on misdemeanor charges of obstructing governmental or judicial administration, fourth-degree assault and disorderly conduct. Although the attack occurred in federal court, the person will be charged in state court, Ivens said.

UPDATE:: Ex-pastor's texts will play into sentencing on sex crime

A former Medford youth pastor will be sentenced in August for secretly recording at least one juvenile in a bathroom during a church trip to California.

Former Mtn. Church youth pastor Donald Courtney Biggs, 39, will be sentenced Aug. 20 for placing a hidden camera in a bathroom and capturing a girl exiting a shower in Huntington Beach, California, during a March 2013 church trip.

The hearing previously had been slated for June, but Terry Kolkey, Biggs’ public defender, said he needed more time to sort through evidence submitted by prosecutors in the case, citing recordings created during dozens of church events and thousands of pages worth of text messages, according to documents filed Monday in U.S. District Court.

A former Medford youth pastor faces 10 to 15 years in prison after admitting he secretly recorded a juvenile in a bathroom.

In a U.S. District courtroom in Medford filled with youths, parents and church leaders he betrayed, Donald Courtney Biggs, 39, pleaded guilty Friday to a single felony count of transporting with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity.

The guilty plea spares Biggs, formerly a youth pastor at Mtn. Church in downtown Medford, and dozens of victims Biggs allegedly recorded in secret, from a weeks-long trial that was set to start later this month.

Mtn. Church ex-pastor pleads guilty in hidden camera case