A former youth church director at a Pensacola church was sentenced to 50 years in a Florida prison in exchange for a no contest plea to child porn and video voyeurism charges.

The charges stem from his use of a hidden camera to film people, including children, using a bathroom at the church.

David Nims, 40, was facing up to 515 years in prison after being charged with 25 counts of possession of child pornography and 16 counts of video voyeurism, according to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office.

Under the plea agreement, Nims pleaded no contest to 12 of the 25 child porn charges and all but one of the video voyeurism charges, according to the Pensacola News Journal. The remaining charges were dropped in exchange for the plea.

A no contest plea carries the same effect as a conviction, but without an admission of guilt.

Nims will also serve 30 years of post-release supervision and must register as a sex offender upon his release from prison.

Escambia County deputies first responded to Calvary Baptist Church in June 2021 after a 14-year-old boy noticed a video camera hidden underneath a sink in a youth bathroom at the church.

Sims was identified as the suspect and was first charged with one count of video voyeurism, but days later, after a search warrant was issued, investigators found more than 100 images of child porn on SD cards at his home, including one SD card and four micro SD cards in his pants pocket.

The videos included at least eight people who were unknowingly recorded while in the bathroom, including two 6-year-olds, a 10-year-old and a 14-year-old, according to the PNJ.

Additionally, in one of the videos, investigators could clearly see Sims’ face as he adjusted the camera, according to the report.

Nims, at the time the volunteer director of youth ministries at the church, was identified by an investigator looking at one of