Not really a surprise anymore....
"DA to review abuse allegations at Deerfield" by Travis Andersen | Globe Staff, March 31, 2013
Prosecutors are looking into sexual abuse allegations that former students at Deerfield Academy, a prestigious prep school in Western Massachusetts, have made against two men who taught there for decades....
It's just down the road.
Northwestern District Attorney David E. Sullivan's remarks came as Deerfield, in a report to the school community, described allegations that have surfaced against Peter Hindle and Bryce Lambert, who retired from long teaching careers at the school in 2000 and 1990, respectively. Hindle taught mathematics, and Lambert taught English.
Hindle, 78, of Dartmouth, did not return a call seeking comment on Sunday.
Lambert died in 2007.
The school’s report details the findings of an investigation that lawyers from the international firm of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP conducted at Deerfield’s request.
According to the report, Hindle admitted to having sexual contact with one student in the 1980s, and there is evidence that he engaged in similar behavior with another student during that time.
A former student who initially contacted the school about 10 years ago and again more recently said that Hindle engaged in sexual acts with him on more than eight different occasions, the report states.
Hindle, in turn, told investigators that he had sexual contact with the student only once. Hindle said that he did not consent to the contact, but “he neither resisted nor reported the incident,” the report stated.
“The detail Mr. Hindle provided to the investigators was explicit and, in no conceivable way, could it be described as a simple ‘backrub,’ ” the report said. “Further, Mr. Hindle made several statements to the investigators that proved to be untrue, raising serious questions about whether his admission was too limited.”
Deerfield disclosed in January that Hindle had admitted to sexual contact with a student, and that the independent review was underway. He did not answer directly when a reporter asked at the time if he made such an admission. “To me, it’s all how something is interpreted,” he said in a brief phone interview in January.
Hindle has not been criminally charged.
The Deerfield report also revealed that the mother of another student wrote to the school in the 1980s about a “deviant deed” that Hindle allegedly committed against her son.
Hindle at the time denied having any sexual contact with the student, the report said, and administrators gave him verbal and written warnings.
The report found that school officials in the 1980s could have “more forcefully” addressed that allegation against Hindle....
Investigators also found that two former students credibly accused Lambert of sexual misconduct.
“Mr. Lambert is unable to defend himself, but there is sufficient evidence to name him,” the report said.
The school provided no details about Lambert’s actions, except to say that the “alleged incidents were separated by several years and were consistent regarding the nature of the conduct.”
As part of the probe, investigators reviewed allegations made against other former teachers, some of whom the school fired in a timely manner and reported to authorities, according to the report....
So it wasn't just these two?
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UPDATE: Third man accuses former Deerfield Academy teacher of sexual abuse, lawyer says
