40 Alumni Assert Sexual Abuse at a Rhode Island Prep School

[Locutus]

BOSTON — The scope of a sexual abuse scandal at St. George’s School in Rhode Island widened substantially on Tuesday as lawyers reported that at least 40 former students had made credible reports of sexual abuse, and in some cases rape, by seven former staff members and four students over three decades.

At the same time, a spokesman for the school, which had made public its own investigation late last month, now characterized that investigation as “preliminary” and said that it would soon name who would be carrying the investigation forward. “The work remains ongoing,” the school said in a statement.

Lawyers for the victims said that the abuse took place from 1974 through 2004. Four of the seven former staff members are still alive, and in at least two cases appear to be working in settings with young people. None have been charged criminally.


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[Johnnny]

People are ****ed. I'm starting to wonder if dominating our fellow human beings is just some innate process we are hard wired with.

Or is it just a horrible form of indemnity to make up for these sick peoples lack of self confidence?

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

People are ****ed. I'm starting to wonder if dominating our fellow human beings is just some innate process we are hard wired with.

Or is it just a horrible form of indemnity to make up for these sick peoples lack of self confidence?

It's the victims' own fault for being students.