How long will Hainesport pastor who used Snapchat to pose as teen girl spend in prison?

MOUNT HOLLY – A judge has ordered a 25-year prison term for a former youth pastor who posed online as a girl to coerce boys into making sexually explicit videos.Sean Higgins, 32, also was a music leader at Harbor Baptist Church in Hainesport and a teacher at an affiliated private school when the incidents occurred in 2020, said the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office.None of the charges involved church members or students at the school, the prosecutor’s office said.It said the Palmyra man posed as a teenage girl named “Julie Miller” to establish a rapport with underage boys via Instagram and Snapchat.More: Suspect entered Pelosi’s office Jury returns verdict in case of Patrick Stedman, Capitol riot suspect from HaddonfieldHiggins would suggest that they trade photos and would send the boys photos of an unidentified girl, the prosecutor’s office said in a statement.Youth pastor demanded explicit videosAfter the boys provided naked photos to “Julie Miller,” Higgins would threaten to send the pictures to the victims’ friends on social media accounts.In most cases, Higgins would then demand that the boys perform sexually explicit acts, which he recorded.The prosecutor’s statement said victims would often beg Higgins to stop, but he would demand that they
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