RHODE ISLAND
WPRI
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BOSTON (WPRI) — Former students of a Rhode Island private school came forward Tuesday with allegations of sexual abuse by school employees.
At a news conference in Boston, attorneys said 40 men and women claim they were abused at St. George’s School in Middletown in the 1970s and 1980s.
The alleged victims also accuse administrators of covering up the incidents and are now calling for an independent investigation at the school, according to the attorneys.
An internal investigation conducted by the school, which WPRI.com reported last month, found that more than two dozen students were sexually abused by six school employees. Two of the alleged perpetrators include a current Episcopal priest & an assistant school choir director in New York City.
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