MISSISSIPPI
Sun Herald
BY ROBIN FITZGERALD AND LAUREN WALCK
Sun Herald
August 26, 2014
GULFPORT — Longtime teacher Richard Pryor’s personnel file from the Gulfport School District contains no complaints about him or letters of reprimand during the 32 years in which he allegedly molested boys he took on trips, an FBI agent said.
But Pryor, 68, did not seem surprised when FBI agents showed up at St. Patrick Catholic High School on Aug. 19 to question him about the allegations, Special Agent Matthew Campbell testified in court Tuesday.
“He seemed to almost be relieved that we had shown up when we did,” Campbell said. “He indicated it was not fair to the boys.”
After his arrest, Pryor told agents they could find his computer hidden under the chest of drawers in the bedroom of his Gulfport apartment.
“He told us there were things on the computer that shouldn’t be there,” Campbell said.
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