Anonymous ID: 9faf15 Oct. 19, 2020, 11:02 a.m. No.11154889   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4940 >>5143 >>5356 >>5399

School monitor for sex abuse claims quits, cites retaliation

 

CONCORD, N.H. — A monitor appointed to oversee the handling of sexual abuse claims at St. Paul's School in New Hampshire has resigned, accusing campus officials of thwarting his efforts.

 

Jeffrey Maher was appointed as the school's independent compliance overseer last year as part of an agreement with the attorney general's office that subjected the school in Concord to up to five years of government oversight in lieu of criminal charges. The 2018 agreement followed an investigation that found credible evidence of abuse involving 20 former faculty members over several decades.

 

Maher, a former college safety director and police captain, resigned Monday, citing what he called "an intolerable working environment." He said school leadership questioned many conditions of the agreement, discouraged investigations that could have legal impacts and tried to limit his access to information. He said an administrator publicly berated him and that he was retaliated against for trying to do his job.

 

Maher also said he is facing a "seemingly orchestrated threat" of a civil lawsuit by an administrator.

 

"I have been criticized and accused of exceeding the scope of my responsibilities," he wrote. "It would seem such accusations arrive only when I am less than laudatory of the school's policies and protocols."

 

In a statement, the school said it had raised concerned with the attorney general earlier this month about Maher acting outside of his role. It denied all of his allegations, saying it has initiated numerous investigations into misconduct allegations. And it said if school officials had questioned conditions of the agreement, Maher would have been obligated to document those concerns in his bi-annual reports, none of which included such allegations.

 

https://www.startribune.com/school-monitor-for-sex-abuse-claims-quits-cites-retaliation/572795262/

Anonymous ID: 9faf15 Oct. 19, 2020, 11:04 a.m. No.11154924   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Wildfires: 5 active fires in Utah include Range Fire, which is 10% contained

 

UPDATE: (8:40 a.m. Monday, Oct. 19) – The Range Fire is 3,450 acres with 10% containment, as of Monday morning.

 

Provo Canyon has reopened in both directions.

 

(KUTV) – Provo Canyon is still closed from the Range Fire that is estimated to be 3,000 acres and 10% contained as of Sunday night.

 

Fire officials ordered an evacuation of some homes around Provo Canyon but those homeowners were allowed to return to their properties Sunday morning.

 

While the fire is not anticipated to threaten homes, it is being investigated as human-caused and being suppressed so as not to cross Highway 189.

 

Other active fires in Utah include:

 

Fire Canyon Fire - 1,460 acres, 10% contained - human-caused

 

East Fork Fire - 85,232 acres, 69% contained. Fire is located 13 miles north of Hanna and began Aug. 21st. It was caused by lightning.

 

William Fire - 5,832 acres, 49% contained - caused by target shooters

 

Kaibab Gulch Fire - 70 acres

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/wildfires-5-active-fires-in-utah-include-range-fire-which-is-10-25-contained/ar-BB1a9P8i