POTTSTOWN (PA)
The Morning Call
By Chris Parker
Of The Morning Call
A longtime track and field coach at Nativity BVM High School in Pottsville has been charged with secretly videotaping two 17-year-old girls and an 18-year-old woman while they were partially clad in the school's locker room.
Daniel M. Shields, 61, of 30 Bryn Mawr Ave., Pottsville, allegedly taped the Nativity students in April and May.
He was charged with sexual abuse of children, corruption of minors, and invasion of privacy, arraigned late Tuesday by District Judge James K. Reiley, Pottsville, and released on $50,000 bail.
''Nativity High School is cooperating fully with the Pottsville Police Department and the Schuylkill County district attorney's office,'' said Allentown Diocese spokesman Matt Kerr. ''On Monday, as soon as the school became aware of the allegations against Mr. Shields, he was immediately suspended from employment and all extracurricular positions.''