PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Philadelphia Inquirer
MARI A. SCHAEFER, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
LAST UPDATED: Wednesday, April 22, 2015
At least 11 former Episcopal Academy students have come forward to say they were sexually abused decades ago by a teacher there, the school has disclosed, but the accusations are unlikely to be prosecuted.
The former fourth-grade teacher, Richard Perkins Smith, 67, of Media, taught at Episcopal’s Devon campus from 1970 to 1990 and later served in the school’s administration.
He is awaiting trial in Massachusetts on charges including child rape and indecent assault. Smith is accused of sexually assaulting four boys, ages 11 to 15, at a Cape Cod summer camp more than 30 years ago.
In a 2012 interview with Massachusetts investigators, Smith admitted he had once molested an Episcopal student and that he had confessed the incident at the time to the head of the school, according to court documents.
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