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Worcester Priest Gregory Lisby Pleads Guilty to Possessing Child Pornography
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."