Updated at 12 pm on Sept 24, 2018: An August 31 version of this notice stated that Ryan T. Pick was employed as a music teacher at Saint John Paul the Great High School in 2010. The Diocese has been advised that Mr. Pick was also employed at St. Michael Catholic School in Annandale from 2007-2010. That previous version was also published in the Arlington Catholic Herald Newspaper. An update is being issued.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 24, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. – The Diocese of Arlington has learned
that Ryan T. Pick, who was employed as a music teacher at St. Michael Catholic School in Annandale, Virginia, from 2007-2010, and at Saint John Paul the
Great Catholic High School in Dumfries, Virginia in 2010, was arrested August 21 in Hanover County on charges
of sex offenses with a minor by computer and proposing a sex act by communications
system with a minor.
The Diocese of Arlington encourages
anyone who knows of any information related to this case to notify the Hanover
County Sheriff’s Office at (804) 365-6140. If you know of any other misconduct or abuse on the part of any
cleric or employee of the diocese, please contact the appropriate civil
authorities, as well as the diocesan Victim Assistance coordinator, Dr. Frank
Moncher, at (703) 841-2530. The diocesan child protection policy is
online at arlingtondiocese.org.