Statement by St George’s School in Rhode Island apologises 'for the harm
done to alumni' and admits its failure to respond 'served to compound
this harm' With its grand chapel and views to the Atlantic, St George’s School
in Rhode Island has educated the children of New England’s prominent
protestant families – the so-called “Wasp class” – for generations. The
gates to campus, however, are on Purgatory Road and today it is mired
in allegations of sexual abuse.
That horrendous harm was done at the co-educational boarding school is no longer in debate. In December, the school circulated a preliminary report into the abuse claims to its alumni, acknowledging that it had found credible proof that 26 students had suffered sexual abuse, including in some instances rape, in the 1970s and 1980s. It also conceded that it “failed on several occasions” to report the attacks.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/new-england-boarding-school-under-investigation-following-claims-of-decades-of-abuse-against-a6801461.html
That horrendous harm was done at the co-educational boarding school is no longer in debate. In December, the school circulated a preliminary report into the abuse claims to its alumni, acknowledging that it had found credible proof that 26 students had suffered sexual abuse, including in some instances rape, in the 1970s and 1980s. It also conceded that it “failed on several occasions” to report the attacks.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/new-england-boarding-school-under-investigation-following-claims-of-decades-of-abuse-against-a6801461.html
