Rabbi May Have Secretly Recorded More Than 150 Women: Reports

By Mary Ann Barton (Patch Staff)

Barry Freundel, the Orthodox rabbi who is charged with voyeurism, may have had more than 150 victims, according to reports by The Washington Post and NBC-4.

Freundel is currently charged with voyeurism, accused of secretly taping women while they were nude at a ritual bath at Kesher Israel, a synagogue in Georgetown. He led the synagogue since 1989, before his arrest last fall.

In addition to practicing at Kesher Israel, Freundel taught at Georgetown and Towson universities.

Officials tell The Post there may have been more than 150 victims. Students at Towson University are reportedly among them.

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Freundel allegedly taped women by rigging up a clock with a camera inside of it.

Police were seen carrying items from the rabbi’s home, which is located near the synagogue, when he was arrested in October, according to Washingtonian magazine, which broke the story.

In all, police seized six external hard drives, seven laptop computers, five desktop computers, three regular cameras, 20 memory cards and 10 flash drives from the rabbi’s home, according to the Post.

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Photo of Rabbi Freundel from synagogue website.