MARYLAND
Daily Journal
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First Posted: October 23, 2014
WASHINGTON — Towson University has launched an internal investigation into whether it complied with federal sex discrimination laws after learning a rabbi who teaches there invited students to take ritual baths at his District of Columbia synagogue.
The school also began more aggressive efforts to find current and former students of 62-year-old Barry Freundel, who 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. Police say at least six women were taped changing clothes, and that Freundel was captured on tape setting up the recording device.
Police have not said whether any of the recordings show Towson students, and school spokesman Ray Feldmann said the university will not publicly reveal if any had come forward.
Freundel’s attorney, Jeffrey Harris, declined to comment on specifics of the allegations Thursday.
“He’s pleaded not guilty and we stand by that plea,” Harris told The Associated Press. “That says it all.”
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