MISSISSIPPI
Sun Herald
BY ROBIN FITZGERALD
GULFPORT — A former Gulfport teacher accused of molesting boys in Gulfport and on out-of-state trips is set for a change-of-plea hearing Dec. 2 in federal court.
Chief U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola Jr. has set Richard Pryor’s hearing for 2 p.m.
The FBI has accused Pryor, 68, of molesting boys ages 12 to 14 from 1999 through 2005 while he was a teacher at Bayou View Middle School. The acts allegedly occurred mostly during summers, when Pryor took groups of boys on excursions to other states.
He pleaded not guilty Sept. 15.
He was a geometry and algebra teacher at St. Patrick Catholic High in Biloxi when he was arrested on a complaint Aug. 19.
Pryor confessed to sexually assaulting eight boys and the FBI received information about at least three other victims, according to court testimony.
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