Where The Good Lies
True or False?
___ “Ut viri boni sint” only applies to Saint David’s students, not its male faculty and administration
___ “Boni” is Latin for “Buono” which sounds like “boner,” which would be kind of inappropriate if it weren’t for the fact that former Saint David’s teacher Mr. Rey Buono is a child molester
___ Rey Buono, Bob Ludlow, Chuck Jones, and Charlie Rich are the names of men who raped Saint David’s boys in the 1970s.
(click on the above image to be taken to Saint David's home page,
and scroll to the bottom left to watch this video
narrated by Headmaster David O'Halloran on "Where The Good Lies")
Other retired and current teachers knew this was happening but did nothing.
They’ve all:
____ been paid off to be quiet;
____ signed contracts that forbid talking about “it”;
____ abide by “omertá” since Saint David’s is the UES arm of the Corleone Family;
____ thought to themselves, “Who cares? It happened so long ago ... just get over it,”
____ felt too ashamed to bring it up
___ One teacher is reported to have seen Bob Ludlow molesting a 4th grader but did not report it
___ I had a crush on this teacher when I was in the Lower School at Saint David’s
Upon learning about allegations about sexual abuse a year ago, Headmaster O’Halloran and the Board of Trustees immediately informed
___ the FBI
___ NYPD
____ Manhattan DA’s Office
___ An independent investigator
___ No one except their defense counsel
____ The words “alumnus” or “alumni” are used in all communications from Saint David’s regarding these matters
____ The Roman Catholic Church spent more than $3M to fight the passage of the Child Victims Act in New York
____ I don’t know what the Child Victims Act is
____ The DA who prosecuted Harvey Weinstein went to Milton Academy
____ Rey Buono molested boys at Saint David’s before going to Milton to teach and rape there too
____ “Pass the trash” was a common term used when school adminstrators wrote letters of recommendation for such teachers so that they could go on to teach at another school
____ The Judge who sentenced Harvey Weinstein went to Saint David’s
____ Milton Academy helped extradite Rey Buono from Malaysia back to Massachusetts where he faces two counts of child rape
____ What goes around comes around, kind of
____ All of the employment records kept by Headmaster David Hume during his tenure have disappeared since the first allegation of abuse by teachers was made a year ago
____ Ten men from classes of 1970 through 1975 have reported sexual assault from those teachers
____ Saint David’s has supported all of these men in their claims, believes them, and plans to do everything in its power to help them recover
____ Seven of those men have filed lawsuits against Saint David’s for millions of dollars
____ “In loco parentis” is the legal concept that when a parent is not present for a child when s/he is in school, the school has an obligation to ignore any assault, crime, or any victimization against the child and to protect those who commit such crimes, because it must act “loco”
____ Saint David’s has issued a public letter of support for its alumni who were raped
____ Former Headmaster David Hume knew that rape was a common occurrence in the school and did nothing to stop it
____ One out of every six boys will be raped in their life
____ If not immediately processed and recognized, the effects of being molested as a child can include depression, anxiety, alcoholism, addiction (to drugs, sex, gambling, etc.), confusion about sexual identity, suicide, multiple divorces, job loss, complex PTSD, and prostate or breast cancer
____ An appropriate financial compensation for a Saint David’s alumnus who was raped by Bob Ludlow in 4th grade, for example, is about $1M, which, if the alumnus has been in any kind of therapy, or suffered job losses, might just barely cover those expenses over the past 40 years
____ Saint David’s endowment is worth over $70M
____ Saint David’s administrators have informed all faculty, new and old, about the sex abuse cases
____ Saint David’s Latin motto should be revised to “Nos viventem mendacium.” If you need a translation, ask Mr. McLaughlin, who was close friends with Bob Ludlow.
____ Last winter, Saint David’s fundraising gala had the theme of “Behind the Mask”
21 of those statements are true.
RESOURCES FOR SURVIVORS OF CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE ARE AVAILABLE. PLEASE SEARCH ONLINE FOR YOUR LOCAL RAPE CRISIS CENTER