MAINE
WCSH
Samantha Edwards, WLBZ 5:15 p.m. EDT September 16, 2014
BANGOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER) — A Bangor area Greek Orthodox priest was arrested Monday afternoon after a woman claimed he video taped her in the shower. Adam Metropoulos, 52, is charged with a violation of privacy and possession of child pornography.
The investigation began Saturday when the woman reported the alleged video taping to Bangor police detectives.
Sgt. Tim Cotton with Bangor police said, “When she was in the shower she looked across the bathroom and she observed what she believed to be a camera in a basket on a wall. She exited the shower, went and checked on the camera. It, in fact, was a camera and was, in fact, recording her activity in the shower.”
Bangor police interviewed Metropoulos and searched his home where police said they found child pornography.
Sgt. Cotton said, “They also left with multiple items. Computer equipment and hard drives, memory cards, and disks…the initial search found items that we believe meet the criteria to be child pornography.”
Metropoulos does have a criminal past. Sources tell NEWS CENTER Metropoulos was convicted of sexual assault on April 25, 1983 in Saginaw, Michigan.
Metropoulos moved to Maine and taught chemistry at Millinocket’s Stearns High School from 1990 to 1997. We did ask the Department of Education if the prior conviction would have shown up on Metropoulos’ background check, but the state did not begin conducting background checks until 1999.
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