By David Lohr
November 6, 2007
BARDSTOWN, KY. (Crime Library) — On Halloween Eve, Louisville Metro Police cited Dr. Paul Schum, 50, the principal of a local Catholic high school, with loitering for the purpose of prostitution. The case has stirred a lot of controversy in Bardstown, known as the first center of Catholicism west of the Appalachian Mountains.
On the night of October 30, a police officer patrolling a neighborhood known for narcotics trafficking and prostitution spotted Schum in an alley at 23rd and Stone Streets. However, instead of wearing a suit and tie, his daily attire at Bethlehem High School, police say Schum was dressed to the nines in drag.
"[The patrol officer] observed the individual dressed in a black leather woman's outfit with fishnet stockings, fake breasts, a blonde wig and he had on lipstick," Louisville Metro Police Department Detective Phil Russell said in an interview with Crime Library yesterday. "The officer talked to the individual in the car and asked the individual what he was doing in the alley. He provided a couple of answers, but none seemed to be legitimate to the officer, so he reasoned that the only purpose that he had to be in the alley that night, dressed that way, at that particular hour, was for the purpose of prostitution... It was not until the end of the stop that a sergeant recognized this individual, and knew him to be the principal of a Catholic high school in Bardstown, which is the county adjacent to metro Louisville."
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According to Schum's Bio on the Bethlehem High School Web site, he holds a Bachelor of Science from Centre College, a Master of Arts in Teaching from the University of Louisville, and a Doctorate of Educational Leadership from Spalding University. Prior to becoming principal at the school, he worked for 26 years at St. Xavier High in Louisville.
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