NEW HAMPSHIRE
WMRA
By REBECCA HERSHER
Administrators at Phillips Exeter Academy acknowledge that the prep school failed to respond adequately when a student was accused of sexual assault, and was assigned an “act of penance” that included baking and delivering bread to the girl he allegedly assaulted.
The Boston Globe’s Spotlight investigative team, which wrote extensively this spring on sexual assault at New England boarding schools including Phillips Exeter Academy, reports that school administrators wrote in a letter to alumni, “Without question, the situation could and should have been handled in a better way.”
The Globe reports:
“[Phillips Exeter Academy] also announced the creation of a new ‘director for student well-being’ to handle future sexual misconduct complaints.
“The admission and the announcement of the new position came the day after the elite boarding school received a petition with more than 1,000 signatures of alumni who vowed to withhold donations until the school cracked down on sexual abuse.”
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