RHODE ISLAND
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Friday, April 08, 2016
GoLocalProv News Team
St. George’s School sent out a letter to the school community this week announcing that a faculty member under investigation had been placed on administrative leave back in January, prompting victims’ lawyer Carmen Durso to ask why the school took so long in disclosing the move.
The communication marks the latest development in the ongoing investigation into claims of sexual abuse at the Middletown prep school. In December, GoLocal reported “St. George’s…which reports assets of over $200 million, has admitted that after decades of denial that at least 23 students were molested by multiple faculty and staff.” In January, Rhode Island State Police Colonel Steve O’Donnell told GoLocal that the State Police investigation was expanding although he would not comment on the number of individuals being investigated for sexual assault.
The letter sent by St. George’s on April 6 states that “longtime faculty member Bob Weston has been on leave from his position as Associate Head for External Affairs since January of this year” — and Durso raised questions as to why the letter was just sent out.
READ: See the letter from St. George’s to the school community BELOW
“Back in January we received info that Weston, who had once been a dorm parent, had been removed from that position because there were complaints that he would come into girls’ rooms when they were in a state of undress,” said Durso. “This is what we got, and along with that, he at some point was removed from that position.”
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