Sunday 18 September 2022 05:23 PM New Hampshire senator's husband let teacher keep ties to school despite ... trends now

Sunday 18 September 2022 05:23 PM New Hampshire senator's husband let teacher keep ties to school despite ... trends now
Sunday 18 September 2022 05:23 PM New Hampshire senator's husband let teacher keep ties to school despite ... trends now

Sunday 18 September 2022 05:23 PM New Hampshire senator's husband let teacher keep ties to school despite ... trends now

The husband of a high-powered New Hampshire senator currently up for reelection played a crucial role in the mishandling of a sexual abuse scandal at an elite private school in New Hampshire, an independent investigation has revealed. 

The probe, carried out by Florida law firm Holland & Knight, found that Tom Hassan, husband of Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH), failed to properly handle allegations of misconduct at Phillips Exeter Academy while serving as its principal.

According to the report, published in 2018 amid an investigation into the claims aired by multiple students but unseen until now, Hassan knew about the misconduct from Richard Schubart, one of his teachers at the elite boarding school, but kept quiet about it for several years.

A former student first aired the claims against Schubart, now 76, in 2011, forcing then principal Hassan to retire the then married teacher, who admitted to engaging in a sexual relationship with the then student in the 70s and 80s.

However, going against school protocol, Hassan - whose wife was then campaigning to be the state's governor - did not tell fellow board members of Schubart's indiscretion, and allowed the aging history professor to retain 'emeritus status,' attending school events and still participating in student life.

For the next four years, Tom Hassan would keep mum about his friend's criminal behavior - with the school even awarding him a prestigious award and his wife appointing him to the leadership team of her successful 2012 gubernatorial run.

It was not until another student claimed Schubart had sex with her as a student and other school officials became aware of the misconduct that the school severed ties with the senior, and enlisted Holland & Knight to carry out an investigation.

Roughly three years later, the report's authors discerned that school leadership failed to establish an effective protocol for students to raise complaints - and slammed the response of Hassan's administration as 'ineffective' and 'incomplete.'

Tom Hassan (right), the husband of a high-powered New Hampshire senator and former Gov. Maggie Hassan (left) played a crucial role in the mishandling of a sexual abuse scandal at an elite private school in New Hampshire, an investigation has now revealed

Tom Hassan (right), the husband of a high-powered New Hampshire senator and former Gov. Maggie Hassan (left) played a crucial role in the mishandling of a sexual abuse scandal at an elite private school in New Hampshire, an investigation has now revealed

Rick Schubart (pictured), a long-time teacher at an elite New Hampshire boarding school Phillips Exeter Academy, admitted to sexual misconduct with students in the 1970s and 1980s

Rick Schubart (pictured), a long-time teacher at an elite New Hampshire boarding school Phillips Exeter Academy, admitted to sexual misconduct with students in the 1970s and 1980s

The Holland & Knight report panned this lack of protocol in their report, which the attorneys said was to blame for the two accusers' claims falling on deaf ears.

'Reflective of this absence of protocol was that some individuals who experienced different forms of sexual misconduct at various points were not able to seek assistance or, when they sought assistance, were not treated consistently or fairly,' the report reads.

It added that Hassan's neglect to share Schubart's revelation with the proper authorities upon first learning of his misconduct in 2011 fit a pattern of the posh school's staff 'failing to respond to' similar misconduct, and even allowing it to continue.

'Emerging from these systemic deficiencies was a pattern of PEA failing to respond to, investigate, and communicate internally regarding reported misconduct in an effective and appropriate manner and, in certain circumstances, failing to report misconduct to the appropriate

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