Unreported Abuse Prompts Board Resignations

Two former heads of school at Choate Rosemary Hall resigned as "life trustees" from the school's board late last week in response to a report alleging sexual abuse by 12 former faculty during the heads' combined tenure from 1973 until 2011. All former headmasters at the Connecticut boarding school receive the life trustee designation. Although some of the accused teachers were forced to leave the school, no episodes were reported to authorities until 2010, despite a state law enacted in 1967 that requires schools to report suspected abuse. An online petition started by alumni called for the removal of the two men.

Boston.com (04/29/17)