The Boston Globe Magazine
January 22, 1984

A Gentleman Gone Bad
A successful lawyer, Barry Gerstein seemed an all-American guy. Then, a year ago, he turned to a secret life of sexual crime.
by Maria Karagianis

This is the story of Barry Gerstein, who slipped over the edge, from being a successful criminal lawyer to being a criminal. A Little League coach and a devoted father, he has admitted breaking into the homes of six women, threatening them with a gun or a knife, robbing them, and, in some cases, gagging, handcuffing, photographing, and sexually molesting them as well.....