Taft School Theater, Film Litchfield Teacher Richard Doyle Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography Possession

This man’s mind is truly warped!  There are other teachers across the country doing the same thing and should be weeded out.  

LitchfieldCounty Times reports Litchfield resident Richard Doyle, a teacher at The Taft School, pleaded guilty Monday to the receipt and distribution of child pornography, according to a release by the U.S. Department of Justice. Doyle, 64, was a teacher at The Taft School in Watertown at the time of his arrest in December 2012.

Doyle, a theater and film teacher at Taft, a prestigious private, co-ed, prep school for high school students, was placed on administrative leave after his arrest. A school spokesperson was not immediately available for comment on Doyle’s current employment status. Doyle began working at the school in 1989 and was also involved in community theaters around the region, including the Warner Theatre in Torrington and the Landmark Community Theatre in Thomaston.

“This defendant received thousands of images portraying the sexual abuse of children,” U.S. Attorney Deirdre M. Daly is quoted as saying in the release. “The fact that this heinous crime was committed by a teacher, whose profession is committed to the well-being of children, makes it especially disturbing. I commend the FBI and the Connecticut Child Exploitation Task Force for investigating this matter, and the work they do every day to investigate these crimes and protect children.”

Taft’s assistant business manager, Susan Henebry, previously said in a statement, “there is no indication, at this time, that any of our students were involved or at risk at any time.”

The release cites court documents and statements made in court stating that in October 2012, police logged into a publicly available internet file sharing program and found images of child pornography in shared directories that Doyle maintained. On Dec. 4, 2012 the FBI executed a search warrant of Doyle’s Litchfield home. Doyle was arrested and admitted to obtaining and trading child pornography over the internet for at least two years, using a peer-to-peer program.

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