MINNESOTA
Minnesota Public Radio
Madeleine Baran Feb 5, 2015
The head of Shattuck-St. Mary’s School agreed to pay a teacher who had child pornography on his work computer $12,500 as part of a confidential separation agreement in 2003, according to recently released police reports and court documents. The agreement came two years after an internal investigation was unable to substantiate claims that the teacher had sexually abused students.
The school official, who didn’t report the illegal images to police, also agreed to pay for temporary health insurance for the teacher, provide free tuition for his son and keep the reason for the resignation secret.
Nine years later, the teacher, Lynn Seibel, was criminally charged for possessing child pornography and sexually abusing six students at the Faribault boarding school from 1999 to 2003. He later pleaded guilty to several counts.
The documents show how Shattuck-St. Mary’s Head of School Nick Stoneman, who is now the school’s president worked with the school’s lawyer to approve a resignation letter in which Seibel said he wanted to pursue an acting career in Minneapolis.
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