William Richard Pryor, 68, math teacher at Bayou View Junior High School, Gulfport School District, Gulfport, Mississippi, "has admitted to investigators that he molested at least eight boys who were his students" At time of arrest was teaching at: St. Patrick Catholic High School, Roman Catholic Diocese of Biloxi, Biloxi, Mississippi Previously taught at: St. John High School (replaced by St. Patrick Catholic High School in 2007), Roman Catholic Diocese of Biloxi, Biloxi, Mississippi Former St. Patrick teacher faces life in prison According to the FBI report, Victim #1 was interviewed on August 18, and told investigators he was molested by his Bayou View Junior High School math teacher, William Richard Pryor. The alleged molestation took place from 1973 to 1975 while the victim was a student at that school. Victim #1 said he would take summer trips organized by Pryor, and it was on these trips that the sexual abuse would happen. One day later, the FBI spoke to Victim #2, who told a similar story of molestation by Pryor in 1999 and 2000. Again, the victim said he was a student of Pryor's at Bayou View Junior High when the abuse occurred. According to the affidavit, Victim #2 told investigators that "the molestation consisted of Pryor touching his penis and masturbating him." Victim #2 told investigators the molestation happened on at least five separate occasions in Louisiana. That same day, FBI agents interviewed Pryor at St. Patrick High School, where he was working as a math teacher. He has since resigned from the school. Pryor gave the agents a voluntary statement where to confessed to molesting eight children between the mid-70s and ending in 2005, during his time as a teacher at Bayou View Junior High School. Pryor said his victims were between 13 and 14 years old. Continue reading... http://www.wlox.com/story/26338126/former-st-patrick-teacher-faces-life-in-prison Mississippi teacher charged with sex crimes A Mississippi math teacher admitted that he molested at least eight teenagers over a period of four decades, largely during out-of-state trips, authorities said Thursday. The victims were all students at Bayou View Junior High School in Gulfport, where William Richard Pryor taught between 1973 and 2005, according to a criminal complaint and an affidavit filed by the FBI. Pryor appeared in U.S. District Court in Gulfport on Thursday ... Most of the alleged abuse happened during trips Pryor took with the students to California, Montana, Colorado, Oregon, and Georgia, prosecutors said. Continue reading... http://www.ajc.com/news/ap/california/mississippi-teacher-charged-with-sex-crimes/ng6tK/ Tags:
Ex-teacher charged with sex crimes criminal complaint and an affidavit from an FBI agent alleges there were eight victims - all students at Bayou View Junior High School in Gulfport - and the incidents occurred between 1973 and 1985. William Richard Pryor appeared in U.S. District Court in Gulfport on Thursday. He was turned over to U.S. marshals to be held until a preliminary and detention hearing on Tuesday. U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis said in a news release that Pryor traveled with the eight victims, ages 13 and 14, out of state with the intent of engaging in sexual activity. Continue reading... http://www.wmcactionnews5.com/story/26338406/ex-teacher-charged-with-sex-crimes Ex-teacher charged with sex crimes GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - A former teacher is charged with transportation of minors with intent to engage in sexual activity. Prosecutors say 68-year-old William Richard Pryor is being held in the Stone County jail after an initial appearance Thursday in U.S ... Continue reading... http://www.wlox.com/story/26338406/ex-teacher-charged-with-sex-crimes
Former St. Patrick High teacher charged with transporting minors to engage in sex over past 40 years A 68-year-old teacher who resigned from St. Patrick High School Tuesday has been charged with transporting at least eight boys ages 13-14 to multiple states and engaging in sexual acts with them. According to U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and Acting FBI Special Agent In Charge Johnnie Sharp, William Richard Pryor was arrested by FBI agents Tuesday on the St. Patrick campus. The complaint against Pryor alleges that he transported the eight teenage boys to various states from 1973 to 2005 to engage in sex acts. Continue reading... http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2014/08/former_st_patrick_high_teacher.html Mississippi teacher accused of child sex abuse transported victims to Louisiana, gulflive.com reports A Gulfport, Miss., schoolteacher has been charged with transporting at least eight teenaged boys to multiple states to engage in sexual acts with them, gulflive.com reports. Louisiana was among the states, FBI investigators said. On Tuesday, FBI agents ... Continue reading... http://www.nola.com/education/index.ssf/2014/08/mississippi_teacher_accused_of.html
Mississippi teacher charged with sex crimes A Mississippi math teacher admitted that he molested at least eight teenagers over a period of four decades, largely during out-of-state trips, authorities said Thursday. The victims were all students at Bayou View Junior High School in Gulfport, where William Richard Pryor taught between 1973 and 2005, according to a criminal complaint and an affidavit filed by the FBI. Pryor appeared in U.S. District Court in Gulfport on Thursday. ... In his affidavit, Campbell said Pryor gave details about abuse that allegedly took place during out-of-state trips in 1996, 2004, 2005. Campbell said Pryor also gave details of molestations that occurred in the 1980s, and one from the 1990s that happened in Gulfport. Most of the alleged abuse happened during trips Pryor took with the students to California, Montana, Colorado, Oregon, and Georgia, prosecutors said. Continue reading... http://www.vcstar.com/news/state/mississippi-teacher-charged-with-sex-crimes_54815793 Mississippi teacher charged with sex crimes GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi math teacher admitted that he molested at least eight teenagers over a period of four decades, largely during out-of-state trips, authorities said Thursday. The victims were all students at Bayou View Junior High ... Continue reading... http://hosted2.ap.org/ORBEN/b9c78830725e4646849871a247322f76/Article_2014-08-21-MS--Ex-Teacher Arrested/id-9e2afae4fa6349cda4277c955538cf9b Mississippi teacher charged with sex crimes GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi math teacher admitted that he molested at least eight teenagers over a period of four decades, largely during out-of-state trips, authorities said Thursday. The victims were all students at Bayou View Junior High ... Continue reading... http://gazette.com/mississippi-teacher-charged-with-sex-crimes/article/feed/149328 Mississippi teacher charged with sex crimes GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi math teacher admitted that he molested at least eight teenagers over a period of four decades, largely during out-of-state trips, authorities said Thursday. The victims were all students at Bayou View Junior High ... Continue reading... http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Ex-teacher-charged-with-sex-crimes-5703472.php Ex-teacher charged with sex crimes GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — A former St. Patrick High School teacher has been charged with transportation of minors with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity. Prosecutors say 68-year-old William Richard Pryor is being held in the Stone County jail ... Continue reading... http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/Ex-teacher-charged-with-sex-crimes-5703472.php
Ex-teacher charged with sex crimes in Gulfport William Richard Pryor, 68, of Gulfport, was arrested by FBI agents pursuant to a criminal complaint charging him with transportation of minors with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and Acting FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp. William Richard Pryor was formerly employed as a math teacher at Bayou View Junior High School in Gulfport. According to the criminal complaint, beginning in approximately September, 1973 and continuing through the present, Pryor traveled and transported minor children in interstate commerce with the intent that the minor children would engage in sexual activity. Continue reading... http://www.wjtv.com/story/26340795/ex-teacher-charged-with-sex-crimes-in-gulfport
Ex-Gulfport Teacher Charged With Sex Crimes A criminal complaint and an affidavit from an FBI agent alleges there were eight victims - all students at Bayou View Junior High School in Gulfport - and the incidents occurred between 1973 and 1985. William Richard Pryor appeared in U.S. District Court in Gulfport on Thursday. He was turned over to U.S. marshals to be held until a preliminary and detention hearing on Tuesday. Continue reading... http://www.wkrg.com/story/26339155/ex-gulfport-teacher-charged-with-sex-crimes Former Mississippi teacher charged with sex crimes Former Mississippi teacher charged with sex crimes GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — A former teacher is charged with transportation of minors with intent to engage in sexual activity. A criminal complaint and Check out this story on hattiesburgamerican.com: http ... Continue reading... http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/story/news/crime/2014/08/21/former-mississippi-teacher-charged-with-sex-crimes/14394803/ Ex-Gulfport Teacher Charged With Sex Crimes GULFPORT, Miss. - A former teacher is charged with transportation of minors with intent to engage in sexual activity. A criminal complaint and an affidavit from an FBI agent alleges there were eight victims - all students at Bayou View Junior High School ... Continue reading... http://www.whlt.com/story/26339155/ex-gulfport-teacher-charged-with-sex-crimes
South Mississippi math teacher accused of molesting children since 1973 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. Continue reading... http://www.sunherald.com/2014/08/21...acher-charged-with.html?sp=/99/184/675/&ihp=0
Ex-teacher indicted in molestation case A grand jury has indicted a former south Mississippi teacher in connection with the alleged molestation of students over a period of four decades ... A judge detailed the four-count federal indictment against Pryor. The 68-year-old Pryor is charged with transportation with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity and travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct. Continue reading... http://www.wjtv.com/story/26536169/ex-teacher-indicted-in-molestation-case Ex-teacher indicted in molestation case (AP) — A grand jury has indicted a former south Mississippi teacher in connection with the alleged molestation ... The 68-year-old Pryor is charged with transportation with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity and travel with intent to engage ... Continue reading... http://hosted2.ap.org/ORBEN/b9c7883... Arrested/id-0a3548f23c6c4b91ac7aa90d8264c9e2 Ex-teacher indicted in molestation case (AP) -- A grand jury has indicted a former south Mississippi teacher in connection with the alleged molestation ... The 68-year-old Pryor is charged with transportation with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity and travel with intent to engage ... Continue reading... http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MS_EX_TEACHER_ARRESTED_CAOL-?SITE=CASON&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Ex-teacher indicted in molestation case (AP) — A grand jury has indicted a former south Mississippi teacher in connection with the alleged molestation ... The 68-year-old Pryor is charged with transportation with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity and travel with intent to engage ... Continue reading... http://mtstandard.com/news/state-an...cle_75d4dbad-fd3b-556e-bafe-8c00d97e1e07.html Ex-Mississippi teacher indicted in molestation case A grand jury has indicted a former south Mississippi teacher in connection with the alleged molestation ... The 68-year-old Pryor is charged with transportation with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity and travel with intent to engage in illicit ... Continue reading... http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2014/09/ex-teacher_indicted_in_molesta.html Ex-teacher indicted in molestation case (AP) — A former south Mississippi teacher has been indicted by a federal grand jury ... He pleaded not guilty. Pryor is charged in a four-count indictment involving two alleged victims. Evidence includes a sworn affidavit in which an FBI agent states ... Continue reading... http://hosted2.ap.org/ORBEN/b9c7883... Arrested/id-f02d5216a30b4e5ba763eedd486a2a40 Ex-teacher indicted in molestation case A grand jury has indicted a former south Mississippi teacher in connection with the alleged molestation ... The 68-year-old Pryor is charged with transportation with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity and travel with intent to engage in illicit ... Continue reading... http://www.ajc.com/news/ap/texas/ex-teacher-indicted-in-molestation-case/nhM7s/ Former teacher Richard Pryor indicted in alleged molestation of students over four decades GULFPORT, Mississippi (AP) — A grand jury has indicted a former south Mississippi teacher in connection with the alleged ... The 68-year-old Pryor is charged with transportation with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity and travel with intent ... Continue reading... http://themississippilink.com/2014/...ed-molestation-of-students-over-four-decades/
