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    Scathing report outlines decades of sexual abuse, inadequate response, at Catlin Gabel private school

    At least nine former teachers and other staffers at Portland private school Catlin Gabel sexually abused, groped or had sex with students in the last four decades, according to a year-long internal investigation commissioned by the school’s board of trustees. The explosive report listed complaints or allegations of abuse against another 12 former faculty members and coaches that could not be corroborated. The exact number of victims, many now in their 50s and 60s, may never be known. Students and even teachers who attempted to blow the whistle on the suspected abusers usually saw their complaints go nowhere. That was ...


    Richardson Shoemaker:

    Richardson Shoemaker, sixth-grade teacher, bus driver, occasional P.E. teacher, girls’ soccer coach employed by Catlin from 1964 to 2001 Shoemaker was repeatedly accused by girl students of a groping and inappropriate touching. He was also popular with many students, who fondly called him “Shoe.” He was such a Catlin Gabel institution; the school had his portrait painted on the side of one of its buses. Twenty-three former students told the investigator that Shoemaker put his hands inside their shirts, rubbed, touched or fondled their breasts and patted them on their backside. He did so openly, frequently asking girls to sit ...


    Robert Ashe:

    Robert Ashe -- high school English teacher and theater adviser and soccer coach employed by Catlin from 1967 to 1995 In the 1970s, Ashe allegedly took a female student to an all-male drinking event, got drunk and tried to kiss her. He also allegedly tried to have sex with a student while on a trip abroad. In 1995, Ashe was sued for allegedly sexually abusing a 16-year-old from another school on the Catlin campus and elsewhere in the late 1970s. He allegedly kissed her, touched her breasts and vagina and forced her to touch his penis. Some of the abuse ...


    Mark Petersen:

    Mark Petersen, fifth-grade teacher employed by Catlin from 1975 to 1997 A 12th-grade female student alleged that in the 1970s, he’d engaged in sexual misconduct including having her touch his genitals and asking her to have sex. Petersen left the school in 1997. He admitted his conduct to Watson, her report says. The report does not indicate he faced any consequence for his misconduct.


    Stephen Richmond:

    Stephen Richmond, theater and shop teacher employed by Catlin from 1973 to 1982 Allegedly engaged in sexual misconduct with multiple male students, including nude full-body contact with one. Richmond denied all allegations to Watson, her report says. The report does not indicate he faced any consequence for his many reported instances of misconduct.


    Samuel Crawley:

    Samuel Crawley, high school English teacher employed by Catlin Gabel from 1973 to 1984 Crawley allegedly touched and fondled one 12th grade student. After she turned 18 while still at Catlin, she and Crawley began having sex. “Everyone at Catlin knew this stuff between students and teachers was going on,” the victim told Watson. Crawley also allegedly engaged in inappropriate sexual relationships with multiple other students before he left the school in 1984. Manvel Schauffler, who died in 2013, was Catlin’s head of school from the late 1960s to 1982. He apparently heard rumors of the sexual abuse and confronted ...


    Deonte Huff

    Deonte Huff, PE teacher and coach of multiple athletic teams employed by Catlin Gabel part-time from 2010 to 2013 Huff allegedly entered into a sexual relationship with a 12th grade student. A parent reported the behavior to the school. The administration reported the conduct to law enforcement and terminated Huff, who later pled guilty to criminal sexual abuse charges and was sentenced to 18 months behind bars. Watson, the investigator, detailed three other cases of teachers who she “believed to have engage in sexual misconduct” with students. She withheld the men’s names, because the allegations against them are based on ...


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