A former student who is suing the Gow School said a teacher raped him in his dormitory room in the 1990s after the two had discussed the studentâs sexuality earlier the same day.
Aaron J. Worby said Gow teacher Thomas Simmeth befriended him to the point that Worby became comfortable to tell him about an experience in the woods he had had with older Gow boys.
âI told Mr. Simmeth about my sexuality, that I liked guys,â Worby recalled. âThat very night, he snuck into my room, and he also raped me.â
Worby, 41, made the detailed accusations in a conference call with reporters Tuesday, more than a year after Manhattan attorney Robert J. Greenstein filed a Child Victims Act lawsuit on Worbyâs behalf.