On Sunday, the Boston Globe released a chilling report
detailing allegations of sexual abuse at nearly six dozen highly
regarded New England private schools, where more than 200 former
students say they were molested by teachers, administrators or other
authority figures during their enrollment.
According to survivors' accounts and court documents, school
officials at a number of prestigious academies neglected reports of
rape and other abuses of power for decades. In interviews with survivors
and administrators, the Globe's
Spotlight team uncovered a long-standing history of sweeping sexual
abuse allegations under the rug, which the newspaper called "an echo of
the Catholic church scandal."
