Sexual Abuse at Choate Went On for Decades, School Acknowledges

By ELIZABETH A. HARRIS April 13, 2017 Choate Rosemary Hall, an elite boarding school in Wallingford, Conn., acknowledged decades of sexual abuse by former teachers against the students entrusted to their care in a report on Thursday. The report, written...

Sexual Abuse at Choate Went On for Decades, School Acknowledges

By ELIZABETH A. HARRIS April 13, 2017 Choate Rosemary Hall, an elite boarding school in Wallingford, Conn., acknowledged decades of sexual abuse by former teachers against the students entrusted to their care in a report on Thursday. The report, written...

Former Penn State President Guilty in Sandusky Abuse Case

By JESS BIDGOOD March 24, 2017 A jury in Harrisburg, Pa., on Friday delivered a split verdict in the trial of the former president of Penn State, convicting him of child endangerment for his handling of a sex abuse complaint involving an assistant football...

Parents Charged in Death of Son; Brother, 2, Had Been Blamed

By LIAM STACK March 22, 2017 The story that Wendy Lavarnia told the police on Monday was horrifying: Her 2-year-old son had grabbed a loaded 9-millimeter handgun off a bed while her back was turned, pointed it at his 9-year-old brother and pulled the...

Details of Abuse, Written on Plywood, Lead to Pennsylvania Man’s Arrest

U.S. William C. Thomas was charged with 13 counts of various sex crimes on Monday. The authorities in Bucks County, Pa., tied him to the sexual assaults of multiple children.Bucks County District Attorney’s Office By MITCH SMITH What became an expansive...