MISSISSIPPI
Sun Herald
BY ROBIN FITZGERALD AND PATRICK OCHS
GULFPORT — Longtime teacher Richard Pryor has admitted to FBI agents he began molesting children 41 years ago on out-of-state trips.
A criminal complaint unsealed Thursday says the trips continued after Pryor began molesting children he taught in September 1973.
The FBI arrested Pryor, 68, of Gulfport, Tuesday on suspicion of transporting minors with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity. The charge is punishable by 10 years to life in prison plus post-release supervision of five years to life.
Pryor is held pending court hearings next week.
Pryor resigned his job as a geometry teacher at St. Patrick Catholic High School earlier this week. School district officials have confirmed Pryor is known for organizing private trips that aren’t associated with school functions.
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