St. Paul’s punishes 5 in ‘crown’ incident

NEW HAMPSHIRE
New Hampshire Union Leader

By MARK HAYWARD
New Hampshire Union Leader

CONCORD — It wasn’t a game of sexual conquest, St. Paul’s School said Monday, but officials took disciplinary action against five boys for their role in the latest embarrassment at the prestigious preparatory school.

St. Paul’s School said the five boys inscribed their names and a description of relationships they had with female students on an unspecified crown. In doing so, the school found they violated school rules against recording relationships.

In a letter dated Monday, school Rector Michael Hirschfeld insisted that “the Manville crown incident” did not amount to a game of sexual conquest, and that the boys did not identify the girls. He also said that a school-initiated, independent investigation found that no laws were broken.

However, a top New Hampshire law enforcement official said an investigation into St. Paul’s School has just started.

“We haven’t concluded any aspect of this investigation,” Associate Attorney General Jane Young said Monday.

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