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THIS REPORT HAS BEEN CODED TO PROTECT THE IDENTITIES OF ALL VICTIMS AND WITNESSES, AS WELL AS THE IDENTITIES OF CERTAIN FACULTY AND STAFF PER THE DIRECTION AND PURSUANT TO THE CRITERIA IDENTIFIED BY ST. PAUL’S SCHOOL. CASNER & EDWARDS, LLP HAS MADE NO INDEPENDENT DETERMINATION AS TO THOSE WHO REMAIN UNCODED. FINAL REPORT – CODED FOR DISTRIBUTION INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT AT ST. PAUL’S SCHOOL MAY 20, 2017 Scott Harshbarger Edward V. Colbert III Carmen F. Francella III Of the law firm: CASNER & EDWARDS, LLP 303 CONGRESS STREET BOSTON, MA 02210 617-426-5900 Casner & Edwards, LLP 303 Congress Street, Boston, MA 02210 (TEL) 617.426.5900 (FAX) 617.426.8810 www.casneredwards.com THIS REPORT HAS BEEN CODED TO PROTECT THE IDENTITIES OF ALL VICTIMS AND WITNESSES, AS WELL AS THE IDENTITIES OF CERTAIN FACULTY AND STAFF PER THE DIRECTION AND PURSUANT TO THE CRITERIA IDENTIFIED BY ST. PAUL’S SCHOOL. CASNER & EDWARDS, LLP HAS MADE NO INDEPENDENT DETERMINATION AS TO THOSE WHO REMAIN UNCODED. TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE TO FINAL REPORT ………………………………………………………4 I. INTRODUCTION..............................................................................................................4 A. The Stages Of The Investigative Process……………… .....................................6 B. Phase One: Investigation Of Former Reverend Howard Willard “Howdy” White Jr. .................................................................................................................7 C. Phase Two: Investigation Of Additional Faculty................................................8 D. Phase Three: Review Of The 2000 Investigation And Report ....................................................................................…………….…8 E. Phase Four: Interviews With Members Of The 2000-2002 Board Of Trustees ……………………………………………………………….9 II. THE 2000 INVESTIGATION AND REPORT .............…………………………….. 10 . A. The Scope Of Investigation Was Limited ..........................................................11 B. Only Three (3) Former Faculty Members Were Investigated.........................13 C. Ropes & Gray Findings.......................................................................................14 1. Jose A.G. “Senor” Ordonez ...................................................................15 2. Steven David Ball .....................................................................................15 3. Robert Maurice Degouey ........................................................................16 D. Report On Findings .............................................................................................16 E. Aftermath: Response By SPS Leadership And The Group.............................18 F. Conclusion ............................................................................................................21 III. FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS................................................................................21 A. Substantiated Sexual Misconduct ......................................................................23 1. Edward Lawrence “Larry” Katzenbach III..........................................23 2. Jose A.G. “Senor” Ordonez ....................................................................34 3. Steven David Ball .....................................................................................40 Casner & Edwards, LLP 303 Congress Street, Boston, MA 02210 (TEL) 617.426.5900 (FAX) 617.426.8810 www.casneredwards.com THIS REPORT HAS BEEN CODED TO PROTECT THE IDENTITIES OF ALL VICTIMS AND WITNESSES, AS WELL AS THE IDENTITIES OF CERTAIN FACULTY AND STAFF PER THE DIRECTION AND PURSUANT TO THE CRITERIA IDENTIFIED BY ST. PAUL’S SCHOOL. CASNER & EDWARDS, LLP HAS MADE NO INDEPENDENT DETERMINATION AS TO THOSE WHO REMAIN UNCODED. 4. Robert Maurice Degouey ........................................................................41 5. Reverend Douglas Thomas Archibald Haviland ..................................43 6. Reverend Robert L. Zell ……………………………………………….44 7. Former Reverend Howard Willard “Howdy” White Jr. .....................45 8. Richard Hideki Okada ............................................................................46 9. Andre Oscar Hurtgen..............................................................................47 10. Gregory “Gregor” DuBuclet …………………………………………..47 11. Heather Ellen (Couch) Lloyd …………………….................................50 12. Dr. Terrence M. Walsh, Ph.D. …...........................................................52 13. W. Douglas Renfroe ............................................………………………53 B. Other Reports Of Sexual Misconduct ………………………………………...54 1. Faculty 14 ……………………………………………………………….54 2. Faculty 15 ……………………………………………………………….56 3. Faculty 16 ……………………………………………………………….57 4. Faculty 17..................................................................................................57 5. Faculty 18..................................................................................................58 6. Faculty 19..................................................................................................59 7. Faculty 20..................................................................................................61 8. Faculty 21..................................................................................................62 9. Faculty 22..................................................................................................63 10. Faculty 23..................................................................................................64 C. Unsubstantiated Allegations Of Sexual Misconduct.........................................65 Casner & Edwards, LLP 303 Congress Street, Boston, MA 02210 (TEL) 617.426.5900 (FAX) 617.426.8810 www.casneredwards.com THIS REPORT HAS BEEN CODED TO PROTECT THE IDENTITIES OF ALL VICTIMS AND WITNESSES, AS WELL AS THE IDENTITIES OF CERTAIN FACULTY AND STAFF PER THE DIRECTION AND PURSUANT TO THE CRITERIA IDENTIFIED BY ST. PAUL’S SCHOOL. CASNER & EDWARDS, LLP HAS MADE NO INDEPENDENT DETERMINATION AS TO THOSE WHO REMAIN UNCODED. IV. SPS KNOWLEDGE OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT....................................................65 V. CONCLUSION ………. ..................................................................................................70 VI. APPENDICES Appendix A: Letters from the Rector dated January 7, 2016; April 1, 2016; and August 5, 2016 Appendix B: Howard Willard “Howdy” White Jr. Episcopal Church Accord dated October 10, 2016 Appendix C: “Report on Interviews with [Student 8]” dated August 16, 2016 “Supplemental Notes to [Student 8] Report” dated August 30, 2016 “Final Report on Howard Willard ‘Howdy’ White Jr.” dated November 2, 2016 Appendix D – Letters: Form of 1975 Group to Rector dated August 14, 2000 Rector to Form of 1975 Group dated September 19, 2000 Rector to Robert B. Gordon dated September 21, 2000 Robert B. Gordon to Vice Rector dated September 25, 2000 Robert B. Gordon to Rector dated November 29, 2000 David Wolowitz to Concord Police Department dated November 20, 2000 David Wolowitz to Concord Police Department dated December 4, 2000 Rector to Student 11 dated February 1, 2001 Rector to Student 20 dated February 2, 2001 Student 71 to Rector dated January 9, 2001 Rector to Student 71 dated January 18, 2001 Form of 1975 Group to Board of Trustees dated October 18, 2001 Benjamin R. Neilson to Form of 1975 Group dated January 21, 2002 Form of 1975 Group to Board of Trustees dated May 2, 2002 Benjamin R. Neilson to Board of Trustees Benjamin R. Neilson to Form of 1975 Group dated May 20, 2002 “Letter from the Rector,” SPS Today (June 2002) “Letter from the Rector,” Alumni Horae (Summer 2002) Appendix E: N.H. Rev. Stat. § 632-A N.H. Rev. Stat. § 193-D N.H. Rev. Stat. § 169-C Appendix F – Letters: Rector to Student 33 dated February 8, 1994 Casner & Edwards, LLP 303 Congress Street, Boston, MA 02210 (TEL) 617.426.5900 (FAX) 617.426.8810 www.casneredwards.com THIS REPORT HAS BEEN CODED TO PROTECT THE IDENTITIES OF ALL VICTIMS AND WITNESSES, AS WELL AS THE IDENTITIES OF CERTAIN FACULTY AND STAFF PER THE DIRECTION AND PURSUANT TO THE CRITERIA IDENTIFIED BY ST. PAUL’S SCHOOL. CASNER & EDWARDS, LLP HAS MADE NO INDEPENDENT DETERMINATION AS TO THOSE WHO REMAIN UNCODED. Edward Lawrence “Larry” Katzenbach III to Rector dated April 20, 1994 Rector to Edward Lawrence “Larry” Katzenbach III dated April 29, 1994 Appendix G: Faculty Handbook (1992-93) – excerpts p. 27 Faculty Handbook (1995-96) – excerpts pp. 28 – 31 Faculty Handbook (2001-02) – excerpts pp. 15 – 27 Faculty Handbook (2016-17) – excerpts pp. 1 - 23 Casner & Edwards, LLP 303 Congress Street, Boston, MA 02210 (TEL) 617.426.5900 (FAX) 617.426.8810 www.casneredwards.com THIS REPORT HAS BEEN CODED TO PROTECT THE IDENTITIES OF ALL VICTIMS AND WITNESSES, AS WELL AS THE IDENTITIES OF CERTAIN FACULTY AND STAFF PER THE DIRECTION AND PURSUANT TO THE CRITERIA IDENTIFIED BY ST. PAUL’S SCHOOL. CASNER & EDWARDS, LLP HAS MADE NO INDEPENDENT DETERMINATION AS TO THOSE WHO REMAIN UNCODED. PREFACE TO FINAL REPORT On April 21, 2017, Casner & Edwards, LLP submitted a “Confidential Final Report - Not For Public Distribution” to counsel for St. Paul’s School (“SPS”). In response, counsel for SPS instructed us to code all victim and witness names, and to exclude the Appendices (some of which contained witness identities), prior to counsel’s submission of the report to the SPS Board of Trustees at their meeting on April 28, 2017. That coded report was submitted to counsel for SPS on April 25, 2017