Boarding Schools for Young Under Scrutiny Amid Abuse Cases

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    Boarding Schools for Young Under Scrutiny Amid Abuse Cases

    Adrian Hooper Jr.'s parents hoped to secure a bright future for their son when they sent him away to boarding school at age 11. It was the early 1960s, and the Fessenden School in Massachusetts had an impeccable reputation, having educated Roosevelts and Kennedys. Hooper spent the next three years begging to come home for reasons he didn't disclose until much later: He and at least 16 other former students say they were sexually abused by teachers when they were middle schoolers in the 1960s, '70s and '80s. At Indian Mountain School in Connecticut, lawyers estimate 50 to 100 middle ...


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