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Ex-Priest Accused of Sexual Abuse at Exclusive School

Dana Chivvis Contributor

A former priest and teacher at the exclusive Georgetown Preparatory School in Bethesda, Md., has been accused of sexually abusing students during his tenure there. Garrett Orr, 57, was charged with two counts of child abuse and one count of third-degree sexual offense by the Montgomery County Police last week. Two former students separately reported that Orr had inappropriately touched them on the school's grounds. One case allegedly occurred in 1989, Orr's first year at the school, and the other in 2002. Georgetown Prep learned of the alleged 1989 incident in December 2009, when an attorney for the accuser contacted the school. The school reported the incident to police but didn't hear anything more until news of Orr's arrest last week. The school learned of the alleged 2002 incident during the 2003–04 school year and reported it to police in 2004. An inquiry into the 2002 incident conducted by Jesuit authorities found the accusation to be "substantially true," according to a Washington Post article from 2006. Orr was defrocked in 2008. Georgetown Prep is a renowned private high school in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789 in conjunction with Georgetown University, it's the nation's oldest Jesuit school. This year, 480 students are enrolled, approximately 100 of whom board on campus. Its red-brick buildings are set on 92 acres of rolling fields, which include a nine-hole golf course. Orr taught religion, Latin and theater at Georgetown Prep from 1989 to 2003. He was arrested Jan. 19 in Pennsylvania, where he now lives, but was released. He turned himself in to Montgomery County police last week and was released on a $50,000 bond. Read more at www.aolnews.com

 

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