St. Paul’s School, in Concord, NH, is facing the threat of criminal proceedings over allegations that it failed to protect students from sexual abuse and agreed Thursday to put the New Hampshire attorney general’s office in control of handling reports of possible child abuse on campus.
In a letter to the school community, the president of the board of trustees, Archibald Cox Jr., apologized for the new lawsuit’s claims, which he did not dispute.
Survivors of sexual abuse by authority figures in the Church of England have accused the Archbishop of Canterbury of “breathtaking hypocrisy” over his response to the BBC’s handling of the TV personality Jimmy Saville’s sexual abuse scandal.
“Put simply but starkly, several former faculty and staff sexually abused children in their care in a variety of ways, from clear boundary violations to repeated sexual relationships to rape.” The tolerance by those who knew and the lack of awareness by most of the faculty and leadership “is all equally troubling.”
The law of the confessional has trumped the law of Louisiana in a February 26 court ruling. The ruling favors a Catholic priest, the Reverend
“It’s an elite environment” … “You’re talking about probably the most spectacular campus in the whole country for a private school. Not everyone gets to go to a school like that.” – An alum from the 1970s
NPR speaks with Michael Kimmel, who is Director of the Center for Study of Men and Masculinity at Stony Brook University and who will be working with St Paul’s school in New Hampshire to address the allegations of rape and and a culture of sexual abuse.