RHODE ISLAND
GoLocalProv
Wednesday, January 06, 2016
GoLocalProv News Team and Kate Nagle
On Tuesday, at a press conference in Boston, three St. George’s School alumni and their attorneys called for an independent investigation into sexual abuse at the preparatory school Middletown, Rhode Island.GoLocal reported Tuesday that the Rhode Island State Police investigation into St. George’s is expanding, with the number of victims coming forth continuing to grow.
In an interview with one of the lawyers for the survivors — Carmen Durso – GoLocal received updated information on Tuesday.
Durso on Record
“The experience with situations like this where there a number of survivors — you only get a small percent of those who got abused to come forward,” said Durso. “When you have an unusual situation like this with so many coming forward and 700 plus publicly supporting them, that gets more people. I expect more to come forward. As for those going public, it’s up to each individual person. There are numbers of people who are able to tell someone but coming forward publicly is not something they can do.”
“Regarding the criminal investigation, it is my understanding there is no statute of limitations of rape in Rhode Island. It’s technical though — not everyone who was sexually assaulted was raped,” said Durso. “Therefore the elimination of the statute of limitations isn’t going to apply to everyone. There are some of the victims who said who said there are raped, and the RSIP have indicated they are pursuing these claims.”
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