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Posted By richards on October 16, 2014

A rabbi at a prominent Washington, D.C., synagogue who teaches at Towson University was arrested and accused of secretly recording women in showers.

Police arrested Barry Freundel at his home in Washington, D.C., Tuesday morning. He's charged with voyeurism.

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A witness told WBAL-TV's sister station in Washington, D.C., WRC-TV, that Freundel installed a hidden camera inside the women's showers at Georgetown's Kesher Israel Orthodox Synagogue.

The showers are purifying baths that Freundel pushed to establish. They are primarily used by those converting to Judaism.

According to police, the hidden camera looked similar to one that's disguised as a clock radio. The police report said a witness told investigators that the rabbi said he was using it for ventilation in the shower.

Freundel, 62, has been the spiritual leader at Kesher Israel for 25 years. He is also an associate professor who teaches in the Philosophy and Religious Studies Department at Towson University and at the school's Hebrew Institute.

Many students at Towson found the charges disturbing.

"That's pretty nasty to me. That's inappropriate, especially for younger women and everything. That makes me feel like I can't go anywhere without being watched," said student Caitlin Turlik.

"Despite whether he is religious or not, a teacher cannot do such type of things because students learn from him," said a Towson student who only identified himself as Kridhik.

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Rabbi, Towson professor accused of videotaping women

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