SAN JOSE (CA)
San Jose Mercury News
By Ethan Baron
November 11, 2017
Move comes the same week former Presentation High graduate publishes essay alleging she was sexually molested by now-deceased instructor
Two teachers were put on forced leave Friday at a Catholic girls high school that was already reeling from a high-profile claim that school officials kept a teacher on staff after he molested two students in 1990.
The Presentation High School teachers were placed on paid administrative leave after two students and a former student came forward earlier in the week with information regarding two separate, more recent situations — at least one of which was serious enough to warrant a call to police.
The statements to the school from the students and former student came three weeks after the Washington Post published an essay by Presentation High graduate Kathryn Leehane describing her frustration after she reported to school officials and police that a teacher had sexually molested her and another female student in 1990. The teacher, who was not named, remained at the school but has since died.
“Eventually, I lost hope for justice,” Leehane wrote.
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