It is difficult for most people to relate to the alienation and loneliness that children in our deaf community live with and sadly, children with disabilities are preyed upon at a much higher rate than children without. According to estimates, more than half of the deaf population of children has been a victim of sexual…
Continue reading…Proposal in NY Would Protect Private School Students Who Are Victims of Sexual Assault
The sexual abuse of students in private school has occupied headlines around the nation for the last several years. St. Paul’s School , Phillips-Andover Academy, Exeter, Horace Mann and Choate Rosemary Hall all have experienced scandals because of sexual abuse. As a result there have been not just lawsuits but legislative recommendations to better protect…
Continue reading…Some Closure in the McCallie School Sex Abuse Investigation
Many private schools like Choate -Rosemary Hall, St. Paul’s School, Horace Mann have struggled with sexual abuse allegations in recent years. The McCallie School, a boys college preparatory academy, is little different in that regard. After several accusations were presented to the school in April of 2018, the institution hired a law firm Fisher and…
Continue reading…St. Pauls School Will Have State-Appointed Monitor for Sexual Abuse
Though the New Hampshire’s state attorney general has decided not to file any charges in the ongoing investigation of sexual abuse at the prestigious St. Paul’s School, according to the New York Times, the state will have an independent monitor on campus for as many as the next five years. This act firmly places the legendary…
Continue reading…State Congressman Cited in St. Paul’s Sexual Abuse Report
The goal of the report was to create healing within a tightly knit private school community. The results, though, were far more devastating than they imagined. When St. Paul’s School in Concord, N.H, hired Boston law firm Casner & Edwards to look into allegations of sexual abuse in their history, what they didn’t know was…
Continue reading…Connecticut Boarding School Hotchkiss Releases Report Detailing Abuse Over Decades
Another elite boarding school has recently notified alumni and the public at large about sexual misconduct by its faculty over the past several decades. In a report released last week, Connecticut boarding school Hotchkiss detailed numerous offenses of at least seven different faculty members against multiple students spanning nearly four decades. The report, based on…
Continue reading…The Bishop’s School in San Diego Faces Sexual Abuse Allegations
The Bishop’s School, one of San Diego’s most prominent private schools charges more than $36,000 per year. Unfortunately, these tuition rates have not been enough to protect students. Instead, the institution is now investigating claims of sexual misconduct made by several alumni, and the school has started to update alumni about their investigation. According to…
Continue reading…An Investigation of the Nichols School, an Elite Buffalo, New York Prep School Finds Credible Reports of Sexual Misconduct With Students Involving 10 Former Faculty Members
A law firm’s investigation of the Nichols School, an upstate New York prep school, concluded there were “credible reports of sexual misconduct or inappropriate emotional relationships with students involving 10 former Nichols faculty members” during the 1960s through the mid-2000s. The Nichols School’s Board of Trustees launched the investigation after a former student came forward in…
Continue reading…Sexual Abuse Scandal at the St. Paul’s School
The action on July 14th by the New Hampshire Attorney General to open a criminal investigation into the St. Paul’s School as it relates to the sexual abuse scandal that recently came to light, is nothing short of unprecedented. In every single case of sexual abuse at a private school or even a public school…
Continue reading…Suit Alleges Past Sexual Abuse at Connecticut Boarding School
The Kent School in Kent, CT, is a defendant in a recent lawsuit filed by attorney Connecticut Paul A. Slager and Paul Mones who has sought admission pro hac vice to the Connecticut bar. The suit alleges that in the late 1980’s administrators at this exclusive private school failed to protect the female plaintiff from…
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