An excellent report on sexual abuse that took place during roughly the same years it did at Horace Mann. It really isn’t so difficult.
EXCERPT FROM THE ST. GEORGE’S SCHOOL INVESTIGATIVE REPORT, HIGHLIGHTING THE CONTRAST WITH HM’S STANCE:
In the intervening years, three factors converged to impel the School to launch a full investigation. The first was the evolving landscape of best practices, as schools and organizations began to understand the importance and positive impact that full inquiries could have, as seen in the investigations recently undertaken by peer institutions. The second factor was the suggestion made by alumni that an investigation was warranted, pointing out the inquiries launched by various other schools, and requesting that the School follow suit. The final factor was the recent discovery by the present administration of additional information that suggested both wider misconduct and greater awareness of misconduct by former School personnel than had been previously known. These factors converged in early 2015, and the administration requested a full inquiry.
http://www.stgeorges.edu/uploaded/Documents/Pushpages/Resources/Final_Report_12.23.15.pdf
“The episodes at St. George’s, in Middletown, are part of a pattern of sexual abuse at elite schools, many of them in New York and New England, that took place decades ago but have come to light or been acknowledged only in recent years. They include the Horace Mann School in the Bronx, Yeshiva University High School for Boys in Manhattan, Poly Prep Country Day School in Brooklyn, the Hackley School in Tarrytown, N.Y., and Deerfield Academy in western Massachusetts.”
