CONCORD (NH)
Concord Monitor
August 22, 2018
By Alyssa Dandrea
Former St. Paul’s School students interviewed as part of an independent investigation into faculty sexual abuse remembered ex-humanities teacher David Pook for the wet willies he gave girls and his frequent, unannounced visits to girls’ dorms.
One student recalled how Pook put his tongue close to her face and ear to demonstrate a “moral dilemma” in a religious studies class.
Another remembered how Pook recommended a novel about a literature professor who becomes “sexually involved” with a 12-year-old girl and a book about a high school student who marries her teacher.
The allegations are detailed in a supplemental report released by the Boston-based law firm Casner & Edwards, which St. Paul’s commissioned in 2016 to look into claims of faculty-student abuse. The most recent interviews with former students took place at the same time the New Hampshire attorney general’s office continues its criminal investigation into the school’s handling of sexual abuse and misconduct allegations.
Deputy Attorney General Jane Young told the Monitor that the school notified the office Tuesday that Casner & Edwards was going to release a 42-page supplemental report that night, but did not provide an advanced copy. The latest report substantiates claims against 10 former St. Paul’s faculty and staff, three of whom are named for the first time, including Pook.
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