St. Paul’s School issues statement on sexual assault survivor’s new memoir
In “I Have the Right To,” Chessy Prout writes about her experiences before and after she was sexually assaulted on the campus of the New Hampshire boarding school as a 15-year-old freshman.
St. Paul’s School released a statement Monday in response to the publication of a memoir by former student and sexual assault survivor Chessy Prout.
In I Have the Right To, the now-19-year-old details her experiences before and after she was sexually assaulted on the campus of the New Hampshire boarding school when she was a freshman in 2014.
St. Paul’s School released the following statement in response to Prout’s book:
We fully support Chessy’s trailblazing work to give a voice to sexual assault victims. Chessy bravely stepped forward to address an issue important not just to schools, but to the entire country.
We’re proud of the culture we’ve built at our school and of our care for students. The school’s culture does not condone or tolerate what happened to Chessy. We teach students extensively about sexual assault prevention, and have strengthened our robust programs on health, wellbeing, and mutual respect.
We are dedicated to our mission of educating students in an environment that is safe and welcoming for everyone, and we are constantly working to improve it.
