A federal judge in Denver has sentenced a 56-year-old Portland, Ore., pastor and Boy Scout leader to 11 years in a federal prison for taking pornographic pictures of scouts at national parks in Colorado and across the West, authorities say.

U.S. District Chief Judge Marcia Krieger sentenced James Coleman Parkhurst, 57, to serve 15 years of supervised release after he completes his prison sentence.

Parkhurst pleaded guilty to one count of transportation of child pornography on Nov. 16, 2017.

Parkhurst was a former national youth camp official for the United Methodist Church.

He produced 163 pornographic images of five boys taken at national parks in Colorado and across the West.

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