RHODE ISLAND
Rhode Island Public Radio

By KATHERINE DOHERTY • DEC 15, 2015

An elite, private school in Middletown is at the center of an unfolding scandal over sexual abuse. After years of silence in some cases, several former students say they were abused by the school’s longtime athletic trainer, Al Gibbs. The Boston Globe first broke the story.

According to The Globe, one former student, Anne Scott, has sued St. George’s, which she attended in the late 1970s. Scott describes being molested and raped by Gibbs on school grounds, and she has renewed her quest for action some 40 years after the alleged abuse took place.

According to the article, Scott now seeks “accountability” but no monetary compensation. Scott dropped an earlier lawsuit seeking millions of dollars in the face of a vigorous defense strategy from the school’s lawyers.

St. George’s declined RIPR’s request for an interview, but…