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Sexual Misconduct at Phillips Exeter Takes Center Stage Again After Latest Report
According to a new report from The New York Times, police sought to arrest two deans at Phillips Exeter Academy, an elite private boarding school, for failing “to report the alleged sexual assault of a student to the authorities.” But police … Continue reading
Recent Sexual Misconduct Charges at Schools Rattle New Hampshire
Allegations and revelations of sexual misconduct at educational institutions in the Granite State have sparked a conversation about what recourse victims have in these cases. This week, New Hampshire Attorney General Gordon MacDonald announced his office was investigating |Keep Reading at NH Journal
Sex case in which student baked bread as penance called off
BRENTWOOD, N.H. (AP) — The sexual assault trial of a former student from an elite New Hampshire prep school who was encouraged to bake bread for his accuser as an act of weekly “penance” has been called off by the … Continue reading
Phillips Exeter Academy Expels 3 Seniors Before Graduation For Election Tampering
EXETER, N.H. (AP) — Three seniors at an elite New Hampshire prep school have been expelled days before graduation for tampering with an election for student council president. | More… | US News
Phillips Exeter Academy confronts racial tensions
Administrators at Phillips Exeter Academy are vowing to address longstanding racial tensions at the prestigious New Hampshire boarding school following protests last week by students who fault the school for not responding swiftly to racial conflict on campus and for … Continue reading
Did SeacoastOnline Do This on Purpose?
In this morning’s “News and updates from Seacoastonline.com” email the following two items appeared in succession as pictured above. Given the tumultuous year that Phillips Exeter Academy (PEA) has endured, with a number of sex scandals coming to light, is … Continue reading
Teacher convicted of sex assault can keep $76,000/year pension
[Arthur] Peekel was an admissions officer at Phillips Exeter prep school in 1973 when prosecutors say he assaulted a prospective student. He then left New Hampshire and began an esteemed career teaching in the Northwest suburbs, even winning the 1991-92 … Continue reading
Former Phillip sExeter admissions officer gets suspended 1-year jail sentence for molesting prospective student
BRENTWOOD — Former Phillips Exeter Academy admissions officer Arthur Peekel was given a one-year suspended jail sentence and will have to register as a sex offender after pleading guilty Friday to molesting a prospective student in 1973. More… *| UL … Continue reading