Correction appended

Updated: July 14, 7:05 p.m.

National Gallery of Art police arrested a School of Business professor for groping two 16-year-old girls at the museum July 4, according to police documents.

Visiting professor Bartholomew Timm is facing two charges of misdemeanor sexual abuse for touching the two females who were part of a high school group. Timm “grabbed the buttocks” of one girl and “squeezed” another girl’s behind at about 4:30 p.m. that day, according to court documents.

University spokeswoman Michelle Sherrard declined to comment on Timm’s status as an employee after the incident and said the University is “looking into the matter.” Timm was the executive director of MBA programs at the business school from June 2009 to January 2010 before he became a faculty member. He is also a professor at Georgetown University.

One of the 16-year-old girls was walking down a corridor with her school’s group when Timm allegedly moved toward her and reached over to squeeze her rear end, according to the documents, and immediately after extended his arm and allegedly grabbed the second juvenile girl.

The museum’s police officers detained Timm upon receiving reports that he inappropriately touched the girls, according to the documents.

The D.C. Superior Court ordered Timm to stay away from the National Gallery of Art and the girls he groped, and “to not harass, assault, threaten or stalk any females under the age of 18,” according to the documents.

Timm did not return a request for comment.

This post was updated July 14, 2011 to reflect the following:

The Hatchet incorrectly reported that Bartholomew Timm is the executive director of MBA programs for the School of Business. In fact, he served in that role from June 2009 to January 2010, and then joined the faculty as a visiting professor.