Posted on 03/09/2024 6:21:13 PM PST by RandFan
Earl Spencer, the younger brother of Diana, Princess of Wales, said he was sexually abused as a child at boarding school.
In an extract from his memoir, published in the Mail on Sunday, Earl Spencer said he was targeted by a female member of staff at Maidwell Hall, Northamptonshire in the 1970s.
Now 59, he alleges the abuse began when he was just 11 years old.
Maidwell Hall said it was "sobering" to learn of Earl Spencer's experiences.
The school said allegations of sexual abuse had been referred to a "local authority designated officer".
Earl Spencer attended Maidwell Hall between the ages of eight and 13.
In his new book A Very Private School, he alleges that a female staff member, whom he described as a "voracious paedophile", groomed and abused him and other young boys in their dormitory beds at night.
Earl Spencer said he had established that the employee now either lives abroad or is dead, the Mail reports.
He also alleged the school's then headmaster, John Porch, inflicted "brutal beatings" and he believed the teacher gained "sexual pleasure from the violence". Mr Porch died in January 2022, according to an obituary in his old college newsletter.
Earl Spencer said reliving his time at Maidwell had been an "absolutely hellish experience".
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Oh and btw...if in doubt assume autocorrrect changed something...or just even a typo
How hard is it to just assume there was an autocorrect issue from a phone..or someone just made a typo instead acting like nazi grammar police
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You’re right. Sorry. Autocorrect has issues with apostrophes.
A lot of queers, carpet munchers, and in general strange-O’s run schools. Been going on a long time.
Even at principal level ?
Its the UK...I think its just a “given”...
Heh heh heh...
Not really, but it makes for good ribbing.
You betcha.
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