A day after the release of a shocking report on sexual misconduct by faculty at Troy’s Emma Willard School, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand said she was “deeply disturbed and outraged” by the account of decades of abuse and coverup.

“My prayers go out to all the survivors who have suffered from past failures of the school’s faculty and administrators to protect students from such shocking, harmful and criminal conduct,” Gillibrand said in a brief statement issued by her office on Wednesday.

The Democrat graduated from the exclusive all-girls school in 1984. She has been a leading voice on issues related to sexual assault on campus and in the U.S. military.

The report, assembled by a Philadelphia-based law firm, chronicles incidents of inappropriate sexual behavior involving faculty members and students, ranging from extended affairs to episodes of groping. The 96-page document names several alleged abusers — some of them dead, others still living.

Gillibrand spoke at the school’s commencement in 2011.

Here’s the complete report:





