Campers asked to partially disrobe

Associated Press

LANCASTER, Ohio

The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services is looking into a report that fourth- through seventh-graders at a YMCA day camp were told to lower their swimsuits in front of a counselor trying to determine which child defecated in the pool.

Police say a parent told officers that boys and girls were separated at a YMCA in Lancaster, southeast of Columbus, on Tuesday. He told them his son was called into a locker room with another boy, both were told to pull their shorts down to their knees, and a male counselor inspected their bottoms.

The YMCA’s executive director says up to 65 students were involved. He says there was no criminal wrongdoing but the YMCA is investigating.

He says feces found in the pool on consecutive days posed a serious health concern.