Summary: Prep School Sexual Abuse

About 57.1% of all female students are targets of educator sexual misconduct (Sexual Abuse of Students). Based on the New York Times article titled “‘Private Hell’: Prep School Sex abuse Inquiry Paints Grim Picture,” 61 Prep school students were abused by staff members and fellow students at a prestigious private boarding school. This is heartbreaking, but at the same time infuriating because the students are paying for their education at an elite school where they are supposed to be in a safe learning environment, but are vulnerable to sexual abuse.

In “Private Hell: Prep school Sex Abuse Inquiry Paints Grim Picture” the author reports the students’ description of the school. He says, “Sexual abuse was so rampant that it created a “private hell” for some students at an elite prep school in Rhode Island in the 1970s and ‘80s, investigators reported on Thursday, describing an atmosphere of terror in which at least 61 students were victimized and some staff members committed assaults for years before being forced out” (Perez-Pena). This is interesting because the prep school let this happen for years before actually doing something about it. They put students in danger of being sexually abused by their mentors which I find to be appalling. “Over the years, the report said, St. George's

This area includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont. In their reporting, they found accusations of more than 200 victims and at least 90 legal claims (Boston Globe’s Investigation Into Widespread Sex Abuse In New England Private Schools). Not only was St. George’s private school reported for sexual abuse, but there were other students from private schools in the New England Area that claimed they were sexually