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By Tina Detelj, WTNH Reporter
MONTVILLE & DEEP RIVER, Conn. (WTNH) — 67 private schools in New England are named in the Boston Globe article on sex abuse.
News8 looked at two in eastern Connecticut where the alleged abusers have now passed away.
St. Thomas More in Montville is a private college preparatory school for boys and according to the article investigating allegations of sexual abuse and harassment by staff it is one of 16 private schools in Connecticut where alleged abuse took place.
“I’m not surprised at all because I’m religious so I guess you see my chains whatever but you just have to pray for the good that’s all,” says Kareem Lucas of Groton.
The article is written by the Globe’s “Spotlight” investigative team which was showcased in the academy award winning film of the same name for its exposure of the sex abuse scandal in the Catholic church.
At St. Thomas More a former student sued the school in 2003, saying Father Edward McGrath sexually abused him in the 1970s. McGrath who died in 1998 has also been accused by at least one other student.
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