Former White Pass Superintendent and Archbishop Murphy Teacher Lose Certificates After Sex Crime Convictions

Washington education officials have permanently revoked the certificates of former White Pass School District Superintendent Greggery Teel and former Archbishop Murphy High School teacher John Doty following their convictions in separate cases involving child sexual abuse material.

The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, or OSPI, revoked Teel’s certificate in a final order dated October 7, 2026, and Doty’s in an order dated October 6. Both orders permanently revoke the men’s Washington education certificates and their ability to apply for reinstatement.

Teel was sentenced to nine years in prison in June. Doty received a sentence of 12 months and one day in May, according to the agency’s findings.

Former White Pass superintendent

Teel was employed as White Pass superintendent during the 2025–26 school year. According to OSPI’s order, Longview police received a report from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children on or about April 30, 2025, that an internet user had uploaded sexually explicit images of minors.

The order states that officers executing a search warrant on December 16, 2025, reviewed messages in which Teel discussed trading pictures and videos depicting minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

According to OSPI’s findings, Longview police arrested Teel on January 13, 2026. Three days later, the district placed him on unpaid leave, and prosecutors filed three first-degree dealing charges and 10 first-degree possession charges in Cowlitz County Superior Court. Teel resigned as superintendent on March 17.

According to OSPI, Teel signed a felony sex-offense guilty plea statement on May 6. In a separate written response to the agency on May 15, he said he had not known the videos he viewed contained minors engaged in sexually explicit activity until his attorney informed him in March.

OSPI’s order states that on June 17, Teel was convicted by guilty plea of one count of first-degree dealing in depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct and three counts of first-degree possession.

The order lists a sentence of 108 months in prison, followed by 36 months of community custody, along with $3,000 in restitution and sex offender registration.

Former Archbishop Murphy teacher

Doty was a classroom teacher at Archbishop Murphy High School during the 2024–25 school year. OSPI found that he downloaded and viewed multiple sexually explicit videos involving minors between July and December 2024.

The order states that there was no evidence the minors in those videos were students at the school.

According to the agency’s findings, Doty admitted downloading and viewing the videos when King County Sheriff’s Office detectives executed a search warrant on February 18, 2025. He was arrested and booked into the King County Jail.

According to the order, the school placed Doty on administrative leave on February 20 and issued him a notice of termination on February 24.

Prosecutors filed two charges of possessing depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit acts in King County Superior Court that same day. School President Steve Schmutz reported the case to OSPI’s Office of Professional Practices, which received his complaint on March 3.

An amended charging document filed on April 22, 2026, reduced the case to one possession count, and a guilty plea statement was filed that day. According to OSPI, a judgment and sentence filed May 29 recorded Doty’s conviction by guilty plea on that possession count.

In addition to 12 months and one day of incarceration, the sentence included 36 months of Department of Corrections supervision after release and sex offender registration.

The order also lists a $1,500 fine, with restitution to be determined later, and a 10-year restriction barring contact with children unless supervised by a responsible adult aware of the conviction.

Both revocation orders were signed by OSPI Deputy Chief Legal Officer Monique Malson. The agency cited Washington’s mandatory permanent revocation provisions for specified felony convictions.