NEW HAMPSHIRE
New York Times

By JESS BIDGOOD
JULY 14, 2017

BOSTON — The attorney general of New Hampshire on Thursday announced a criminal investigation into St. Paul’s School, an exclusive boarding school that has been embroiled in a series of damaging reports over sexual misconduct and abuse on campus.

Gordon J. MacDonald, the attorney general, said the investigation would focus at first on whether the school endangered child welfare or committed obstruction of governmental operations. In announcing the investigation, Mr. MacDonald cited several reports related to St. Paul’s over a matter of years, including an investigation released earlier this year into sexual abuse committed by teachers decades ago, stories about a sexual ritual among some students that figured into the rape trial of a former student in 2015, and a new report about another such sexual contest this year.

“Protection of children is a paramount priority for…