Ore. pastor, camp director indicted on child porn

A Portland Oregon pastor and camp retreat worker has been indicted for producing child porn and transporting it across state lines. James Parkhurst, 56, was arrested in early August on a federal criminal charge and was indicted in Denver, Colorado recently. He worked as a United Methodist church deacon and executive director of camp and retreat programs for the Oregon-Idaho Conference of the United Methodist Church. The illegal pornography images were first produced back in 2010 accordng to court documents. The initail news coverage of his arrest can be seen below on KATU-2 TV News clip.


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