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Source: The Republic

Historians in the News

3-31-16

A Villanova University history professor has been charged with 415 child pornography-related counts

A Villanova University history professor has been charged with 415 child pornography-related counts after the university contacted police.

Radnor police Lt. Andrew Block says hundreds of images were found in the investigation of 60-year-old professor Christopher Haas. He says Haas also is the subject of a similar 2012 federal probe.

Haas waived his right to a preliminary hearing in Delaware County on Thursday. He's in custody on $50,000 bail.

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