RHODE ISLAND
Providence Journal
By Linda Borg
Journal Staff Writer
Posted May. 7, 2016
MIDDLETOWN, R.I. — As part of its alumni weekend, St. George’s School lit a candle and offered a few minutes of silence amid widespread allegations of sexual abuse at the private Episcopal boarding school.
Headmaster Eric Peterson had planned to hold a healing event during the reunion but it was canceled after survivors threatened to picket. Survivors contended that it was too soon to hold a healing ceremony, especially one led by Peterson, who they say failed to report several cases of abuse.
One of the survivors, Katie Wales Lovkay, Class of 1980, said she attended last year’s reunion, where she met with Peterson to discuss what had happened to her as a student. She said that the school’s former athletic trainer had taken nude pictures of her and then showed them to male classmates.
“Peterson led me to believe that he didn’t know anything,” she said by phone on Saturday. “He had tears in his eyes. Months later, I found out he lied to my face. I really believed he would do something.”
Note: This is an Abuse Tracker excerpt. Click the title to view the full text of the original article. If the original article is no longer available, see our News Archive.