MEDFORD (OR)
The Associated Press
August 22, 2018
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.
Donald Courtney Biggs was being sentenced in U.S. District Court in Medford after admitting earlier this year to taking a 14-year-old girl on a church trip to Southern California with the intent to film her exiting the shower. Authorities previously said an investigation revealed he had hidden camera recordings involving dozens of victims.
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.
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