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Victims Report Sexual Abuse by Former Episcopal Teacher
By James Boyle
The fallout from the 2013 arrest of a former Episcopal Academy teacher and administrator continues with the report by 11 former students that he sexually assaulted them, according to philly.com. Montgomery County prosecutors told reporters that the statute of limitations has run out on the crimes and charges are unlikely. Richard Perkins Smith, 67, was taken into custody by Massachusetts State Police in April 2013 and indicted by a Barnstable County, Mass. grand jury for rape of a child, indecent assault and battery and five counts of indecent assault and battery upon a child under the age of 14. Smith, who is a 1966 graduate of Episcopal Academy and taught at the school’s Devon campus from 1970 to 1990 and then worked in the development office until 1998, allegedly told investigators he also molested a fourth-grade Episcopal student around 1977 while they were in his car and admitted the incident to the head of the school. The student later reported the abuse, but the statute of limitations prevented any criminal charges regarding those allegations. The revelations by Smith urged Episcopal administrators to send a letter to parents and alumni in 2013, urging other potential victims to come forward.The investigation netted 11 more former students that said Smith sexually abused them.
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