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".
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
Waiting for the lefties to call him a homophobe.
“... now either lives abroad or is dead”
Huh, that really narrows it down.
So ... pretty typical experience all around, eh?
A beating from the ‘headmaster’ (principal) in the 70s, yes? The sexual abuse i’m not sure.
Bfd get a helmet I’m to pregnant for this chit
I thought the whole point of going to “boarding school” was to get sexually abused.
> Earl Spencer said he had established that the employee now either lives abroad or is dead, the Mail reports. <
Spencer just says it was a female staff member. That’s crap, as it smears every female staff member who was there when Spencer was there. Either have the courage to name names or keep your mouth shut.
Surprised?
Buggering is a rite of passage in boys public schools they say
“Such, such were the joys”
You can identify at a glance who does not read the article before pounding their keyboard.
She probably didn’t look anything like that.
Any clue what a “local authority designated officer” is and what can they do? 🙃
WHO CARES!
> You can identify at a glance who does not read the article before pounding their keyboard. <
That’s honored Free Republic tradition. And I personally wouldn’t have it any other way. And for newer members:
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- Here 5 to 10 years: Read the excerpt before commenting. Don’t worry about the rest of the article.
- Here 10+ years: Just take a quick glance at the headline. Then say whatever comes to mind. Your comments don’t even have to apply to the article.
🙂
I’m in the 10+ category, so there’s that.
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