Priest pleads guilty to child porn charges

OREGON
Albany Democrat-Herald

• By Kyle Odegard, Albany Democrat-Herald

An Albany man who was a priest with a Lewisburg Orthodox church was sentenced to nearly 11 years in prison as part of a plea deal for child pornography charges on Tuesday.

Stanley Brittain, 39, pleaded guilty in Linn County Circuit Court to four counts of first-degree encouraging child sex abuse during Tuesday’s hearing.

Prosecutor Michael Wynhausen said Brittain trafficked online in child pornography, and had hundreds of images and movies, some with victims of abuse who were babies or toddlers.

An investigation in Oklahoma child pornography suspect led authorities to Brittain, who was arrested by Albany police in April.

Wynhausen spent minutes giving graphic details about some of the child pornography. “This is just a fraction of the images,” he said.

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