Did D.C. Rabbi Charged with Voyeurism Film Towson University Students?

By Brad Bell
WJLA
October 23, 2014

http://www.wjla.com/articles/2014/10/did-d-c-rabbi-charged-with-voyeurism-film-towson-university-students--108358.html

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Rabbi Bernard Freundel. (WJLA photo)

The school also began more aggressive efforts to find current and former students of 62-year-old Barry Freundel. The rabbi has been charged with six counts of voyeurism after police found a clock radio with a hidden camera in the shower area of a ritual bath at the Kesher Israel Congregation in Georgetown.

In an e-mail, university officials told students to contact them if they have witnessed any behavior by Freundel that they consider inappropriate.

Freundel has been suspended from teaching and barred from the campus grounds north of Baltimore as his students wonder how many more victims there may be.

“I don’t think we should have to worry about that when we’re interacting with our teachers,” said Grace Peterson.

“I think it’s really inappropriate and … kinda disgusting,” Alex Halperin added.

Halperin took two classes from Freundel. She says he invited her on one of his field trips to take the sacred bath, but she declined the offer.

Campus spokesman Ray Feldman says every bathroom or changing area at Towson has now been searched for hidden cameras. None were found.