A man charged with making 17 secret recordings of men at a public restroom at Colonial Williamsburg on Aug. 2 was an ordained deacon at a well-known Gloucester County church.

George Thomas West, 76 — who police believe has been recording men at public restrooms in the region going back three decades — was a deacon at Union Baptist Church on Guinea Road in Hayes.

He’s been removed from his leadership role — and from the church’s membership — by an Aug. vote of the church body, Senior Pastor Jared Berry said.

“We are greatly grieved by all of this and praying for all of those involved and hurt in this tragedy,” Berry said in a statement. “May God do good even out of darkness.”

Meanwhile, tourists at Colonial Williamsburg this week reacted with shock and concern that someone had apparent

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