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Halifax-area school teacher charged with voyeurism

Halifax Regional Police have laid voyeurism charges against a 41-year-old school teacher who they allege recorded video of five women and a girl in a washroom at the Abenaki Aquatic Club.

HRCE says Matthew Douglas Moriarty has been placed on leave

A large wooden beige, turquoise and gold sign reads 'Abenaki Aquatic Club.'
An official at the Abenaki Aquatic Clubsays the organization is co-operating with the police investigation. (Mark Crosby/CBC)

A Halifax-area school teacher is accused of secretly recording video of people in a Dartmouth washroom.

Halifax Regional Police have laid voyeurism charges against Matthew Douglas Moriarty, 41. Theyallegehe recorded five women and a girl in a washroom at the Abenaki Aquatic Club.

The charges cover a period from Tuesday to Thursday of this week.

Moriarty is a language teacher at Woodlawn High School, which is a few kilometres from thepaddling club on Bell Lake.

The Halifax Regional Centre for Education said in a statement that Moriarty has been placed on leave.

Jen Mosher, commodore of the Abenaki Aquatic Club,said the organization is co-operating with police and providing support to the alleged victims and to its members at large.

Halifax Regional Police Const. John MacLeod said Fridayit's possible more victims may come forward.