RHODE ISLAND
NBC 10
[with video]
by MICHELLE R. SMITH and DENISE LAVOIE, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wednesday, August 3rd 2016
The elite St. George’s School has agreed to a sexual abuse settlement that would provide compensation for up to 30 former students who were assaulted.
The Middletown boarding school announced the pact on Wednesday in a joint statement with a group representing victims, saying the institution will provide an undisclosed sum to settle the claims. Paul Finn, a mediator who also worked on the clergy sex abuse settlement in Boston, will determine how much each person will receive.
The announcement was greeted with relief by some victims, dozens of whom have come forward in the past several months with stories of abuse by school employees and fellow students as far back as the 1970s and as recently as the 2000s.
“This was never about the money. This was about being heard, and St. George’s realized that what they have done to us in the past is completely wrong,” abuse victim Katie Wales Lovkay said in an interview. “It’s nice to know it’s done, it’s over.”
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