Source ABC News 
(includes material from Louisville Courier-Journal)
Louisville, KY (Oct. 31) -- The principal of a Catholic high school in Bardstown received a citation from Louisville Metro Police on Halloween Eve after they allegedly spotted him dressed like a woman in an alley in the Russell neighborhood.

Paul A. Schum, 50, was cited for loitering for the purpose of prostitution late Tuesday by Louisville Metro police. Officers allege that they came across the educator inside his parked car when patrolling the neighborhood known for prostitution and narcotics.

Upon approaching the vehicle, police discovered Schum, principal at Bethlehem High School, in full costume, according to Officer Phil Russell, a spokesman for the Louisville Metro Police Department.

"He was wearing an all-black, leather, woman's outfit, fishnet stockings and women's black plastic breasts," Russell said, describing the part of town where Schum was found as "a problem area" for prostitution and drugs.

Schum, who, according to his Bethlehem Web site bio, is a chemistry teacher with more than 25 years of experience, a master's degree in teaching and a doctorate in education, denied the allegations through the Archdiocese of Louisville, which oversees Bethlehem High.

Schum requested personal leave from his post at the school pending the outcome of the investigation, according to a statement yesterday from the Archdiocese of Louisville, which oversees the school. Schum denies the allegation, the statement said.

Schum is scheduled to appear in court on Nov. 27.

At 9:20 p.m. Tuesday, officers pulled Schum over in his vehicle at 22nd Street and Plymouth Court after they had watched him hanging out in his car in a nearby alley, said Officer Phil Russell, a police spokesman.

Officer Russell said that the officers who came across Schum were aware it's the Halloween season, but became suspicious when Schum offered them conflicting stories about why he was parked in the alley dressed as a woman.

Bethlehem is one of 48 schools, including nine high schools, overseen by the Archdiocese of Louisville. The coed, 9-12 school currently enrolls 284 students.

Under Kentucky law, loitering for the purpose of prostitution is a violation for the first offense, and a class B misdemeanor for subsequent offenses.