Parents at posh NYC private school left reeling by molestation charges against ex-baseball coach: Were all shocked

Shell-shocked parents at an elite Brooklyn private school were left reeling Friday by sickening charges that its former baseball coach preyed on young boys — as the accused child molester was released on bail.The arrest of Nicolas Morton, 31, on a 20-count sex crime indictment Thursday laid bare accusations that had been the subject of months of rumors and speculation at the $60,000-a-year, K-12 Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn Heights.“It’s terrible,” the mother of a Packer fifth grade girl told The Post Friday morning.“We’re all shocked.”It also raised questions among some families about whether there had been enough oversight of Morton, who posted bail, set at $75,000 cash or $150,000 bond, after he pleaded not guilty to a slew of sex crime charges, court records show.“To be honest, I don’t know what the school has done,” the mom said.Another Packer parent told The Post they feared that Morton’s storied past as a baseball phenom at the school gave the administration a false sense of security.Morton, an alumnus, may not even have been “properly overseen” because of his sterling reputation as an athlete, and was “alone with the kids,” the parent said.“The vetting of him and his organization wasn’t as rigorous as it might have been if he were an outsider,” the parent charged.Prosecutors said Morton allegedly groomed and sexually abused seven boys between the ages of 12 and 14 who played on his private traveling baseball team, which consisted of a mix of Packer and non-Packer students.He allegedly forced the boys to expose themselves, peppered them with inappropriate talk about masturbation and groped three of those players’ genitals, according to prosecutors.The second parent said they believed there were a handful more students who were allegedly targeted by Morton, but weren’t included in the indictment because of the statute of limitations.They also believed there were students who had not yet come to terms with the...