NEW JERSEY
NJ.com
May 15, 2018
By Kelly Heyboer kheyboer@njadvancemedia.com,
NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
One of New Jersey’s most elite private schools says it will improve programs to protect students on its campus as part of a settlement reached last week with 21 victims of alleged sexual abuse at the school.
The Pingry School also reached a financial settlement with the victims for an undisclosed amount, according to a statement released Friday.
“We are deeply sorry for the abuse the survivors experienced while at our school and the pain they have endured since. Their courage in coming forward is extraordinary,” Jeffrey Edwards, chairman of Pingry’s board of trustees, said in the statement.
Pingry released a report last year that said a popular teacher and Boy Scout leader at the school was accused of abusing at least 27 boys over six years in the mid 1970s.
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