Several men associated with Dilworth School have been convicted of sexual abuse against boys. Miraculous and saintly parents stand up to 14-year-olds’ hysterics without quaking in their slippers. The right to stand up for yourself is fundamental whatever your age, and whether you’re seen to “deserve” it. This week a former music teacher at Auckland’s Dilworth School is on trial for sexual violation, indecent assault, and supplying drugs to six young males over four decades. There were psychiatric hospitals, like Lake Alice, where we now know that young kids with serious problems got shock treatment as punishment for misbehaving and were also sexually and physically assaulted.

Source: Stuff May 27, 2022 00:40 UTC