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By Tanner Stening | tstening@masslive.com
Gregory Lisby, the former kindergarten teacher and Worcester priest accused of child pornography possession, pleaded guilty to the charge in Boston’s federal court on Friday, according to the Worcester Telegram & Gazette.
Separately, Lisby has been accused of sexually abusing a teenager after he was ordained in 2007, the Telegram reports.
Lisby started as a kindergarten teacher last year at Morgan School in Holyoke. He was arrested in Northborough in September on the child pornography possession charge and resigned from the job, writing to the district that he had been “accused of an awful crime.” Prosecutors said he could face up to 20 years in prison, if convicted.
Lisby was the rector of All Saints Episcopal Church in Worcester from 2015 to 2018 and listed on his LinkedIn page past employment as a substitute teacher in Worcester Public Schools, an instructional aid in Shrewsbury Public Schools and most recently as a teacher assistant at Little Sprouts child care in Natick.
FBI agents on Sept. 11 raided the rectory of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, where Lisby lives with his husband, the church’s reverend, and the couple’s two daughters. Authorities say they found more than 150 pornographic images on an iPad.
The investigation had already uncovered at least 180 images and 15 videos of child pornography on an account believed to be in Lisby’s name, according to the search warrant application. The images showed young boys, ages 8 through 12, having sex.
Along with the pornographic images, agents also recovered a 2018 cover letter to a prospective employer outlining Lisby’s ambition to teach kindergarten students.
“If I could teach any grade, I would love to be a kindergarten teacher," it read. “The joy, spontaneity, and openness to learning of younger children is what attracts me to early childhood education. Plus, the energy of the kids, and the energy required of the teacher is exhilarating and tiring."
https://www.masslive.com/news/2020/02/worcester-priest-gregory-lisby-pleads-guilty-to-possessing-child-pornography.html
The first stand-alone visit by a US President, a high-powered White House delegation that includes three of President Donald Trump’s family members, the first time that First Lady Melania Trump and daughter Ivanka are travelling together on an official visit, and a fifth meeting since May right in the middle of an election campaign that comes after four earlier meetings between Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi — a headline trade deal may be off the table but officials in New Delhi underline how these firsts underline the deepening of the India-US strategic partnership.
Beyond the pomp and the spectacle at the Namaste Trump event in Ahmedabad, some substantive outcomes are also expected: a centre for counter-terrorism is likely to be announced as the MoU on Homeland security will focus on aviation and immigration security. Sources said that an Industrial Security Annex summit is scheduled for April-May while an energy dialogue to diversify India’s energy requirement is a key thrust area to be discussed around the visit.
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/donald-trump-india-visit-with-family-6280405/