At least 12 then-teachers at Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, Connecticut, sexually molested students in a string of cases starting in the 1960s, the elite boarding school revealed Thursday. The school said the investigation was prompted in 2013, after two alumni told the school they had experienced sexual misconduct. In one case, a student reportedly was raped during a school trip to Costa Rica; other allegations included "intimate kissing" and "intimate touching." None of the cases were reported to police. Choate's revelation is just the latest in a series of accusations of sexual abuse by faculty members at prestigious private schools, including at New York City's Horace Mann School and Poly Prep Country Day School.

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