OREGON
KATU

ALBANY, Ore. — Albany police on Thursday arrested a Corvallis priest on child pornography charges.

Stanley Brittain, 39, who is also known as Father Isidore, was associated with the St. Anne Orthodox Church in Corvallis until last week, police said.

Detectives searched Brittain’s Albany home Thursday morning and said they found evidence to charge him with 25 counts of encouraging child sex abuse in the first degree and 25 counts of encouraging child sex abuse in the second degree.

Albany Police said their investigation started with a tip from the Oregon Department of Justice’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. Detectives worked with the state to serve a search warrant at around 11:30 a.m. Thursday.