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Rabbi charged with 52 counts of voyeurism to plead guilty in court

The D.C. rabbi accused of filming Orthodox Jewish women during a ritual bath is expected to plead guilty to 52 counts of voyeurism in D.C. court Thursday afternoon, the Washington Post reported.

Prosecutors said last week that Rabbi Barry Freundel may have secretly videotaped as many as 150 women during the ritual, known as a mikvah bath, at his Georgetown synagogue, the Post reported. Freundel will appear in court at 1 p.m.

Prosecutors have asked for extensions on his case twice as they continued to review evidence. Freundel was fired from his synagogue, Kesher Israel on 28th and N streets, in November following the accusations.

Freundel taught religion courses as a part-time faculty member at GW as recently as 2008. One of the alleged victims is alumna Stephanie Doucette, who met with Freundel during her time at GW to begin the conversion process to Orthodox Judaism.

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