“这不是性侵,而是老师和学生之间的亲密接触……”最近,一部关于寄宿学校老师性侵犯学生的纪录片,刺痛了所有人的心……

 

夜深人静,年近五十的Alex Renton又梦见了自己在预备小学读书的时候……

当时,他还是个念一年级的懵懂孩童。

教授数学和历史的Thomas Keane老师把Alex带到教室,

“就是那个他经常给我们上课的教室……”

然后对他进行性侵犯,

“我清楚记得当时的感觉,他穿着一件毛茸茸的粗花呢外套,一只胳膊紧紧地搂着我,另一只手直接伸向了我的灯芯绒短裤的前档。”

“完事之后,他给了我几块果味橡皮糖,我知道,只要顺从老师就会得到奖励。”

EMBARGOED PICTURE: FOR PUBLICATION FROM TUESDAY 13TH FEBRUARY 2018 From ITN Productions BOARDING SCHOOLS: THE SECRET SHAME EXPOSURE Monday 19th February 2018 on ITV Pictured: School photo of Thomas Keane, who sexually abused Alex Renton during his first year at Ashdown House. An estimated one million people in Britain today went to boarding school. But increasingly the true extent of sexual abuse in these elite institutions is coming to light. ITV’s Exposure investigates the private schools that appeared willing to disregard children’s safety, with some failing to take action against predatory paedophiles, who groomed and assaulted young boarders over and over again, sometimes getting away with it for decades. Did protecting a school's reputation mean their pupils were put at risk? This documentary follows Alex Renton, a journalist who himself was sexually abused as an eight year old by his teacher at one of the country’s top boarding schools. ©ITN For further information please contact Peter Gray 0207 157 3046 peter.gray@itv.com This photograph is © ITN and can only be reproduced for editorial purposes directly in connection with the programme BOARDING SCHOOLS: THE SECRET SHAME EXPOSURE or ITV. Once made available by the ITV Picture Desk, this photograph can be reproduced once only up until the Transmission date and no reproduction fee will be charged. Any subsequent usage may incur a fee. This photograph must not be syndicated to any other publication or website, or permanently archived, without the express written permission of ITV Picture Desk. Full Terms and conditions are available on the website www.itvpictures.com
(Thomas Keane,中)

当时年纪小,对性侵一事懵懵懂懂,只知道要顺从老师讨他欢心。

随着年龄日渐增长,这段黑暗往事慢慢成了Alex心头一座大山,时常压得他喘不过气来。

跟当初的同窗联系之后,他惊悚地发现,自己并不是唯一的受害人。

在那个号称全英国最好的寄宿学校之一的阿什当之家(Ashdown House),

在那座收费昂贵,女王的侄子林利子爵、伦敦市长Boris Johnson、著名演员Damian Lewis等诸多名流权贵曾经就读的高级私立学校,

竟然有无数家境优渥,被父母寄予重望的儿童,被老师性侵……

EMBARGOED PICTURE: FOR PUBLICATION FROM TUESDAY 13TH FEBRUARY 2018 From ITN Productions BOARDING SCHOOLS: THE SECRET SHAME EXPOSURE Monday 19th February 2018 on ITV Archive picture shows : Alex Renton aged 8yrs in Ashdown House Prep School uniform An estimated one million people in Britain today went to boarding school. But increasingly the true extent of sexual abuse in these elite institutions is coming to light. ITV's Exposure investigates the private schools that appeared willing to disregard children's safety, with some failing to take action against predatory paedophiles, who groomed and assaulted young boarders over and over again, sometimes getting away with it for decades. Did protecting a school's reputation mean their pupils were put at risk? This documentary follows Alex Renton, a journalist who himself was sexually abused as an eight year old by his teacher at one of the country's top boarding schools. ©ITN For further information please contact Peter Gray 0207 157 3046 peter.gray@itv.com This photograph is © ITN and can only be reproduced for editorial purposes directly in connection with the programme BOARDING SCHOOLS: THE SECRET SHAME EXPOSURE or ITV. Once made available by the ITV Picture Desk, this photograph can be reproduced once only up until the Transmission date and no reproduction fee will be charged. Any subsequent usage may incur a fee. This photograph must not be syndicated to any other publication or website, or permanently archived, without the express written permission of ITV Picture Desk. Full Terms and conditions are available on the website www.itvpictures.com
(童年时期的Alex)

2013年,Alex在阿什当之家的一群校友联合报警,控诉一位名叫Martin Haigh的科学老师曾在上世纪70年代后期多次性侵他们。

事情一度闹得沸沸扬扬,但直到2017年3月,这名禽兽老师才因为“强暴猥亵”和“严重猥亵”阿什当之家4名男童的罪名,被判处有期徒刑12年。

对于寄宿学校老师性侵学生的黑暗来说,这,只是冰山一角……

为了揭露背后的丑恶,英国独立电视台(ITV)拍摄了一部纪录片,《寄宿学校:秘密耻辱》(Boarding Schools: The Secret Shame),将这一切公之于众。

Alex以记者和受害人的双重身份,参与了纪录片的拍摄,希望让自己得到解脱,也希望当初的施暴者能够得到惩罚……

目惊心的数据

首先,ITV的纪录片拍摄组根据《信息自由法》(Freedom of Information Act)的规定,

要求英国境内所有的警局公开寄宿学校老师性侵学生的数据,

24家警局予以回复,列出的数据让人触目惊心:

 

自2012年以来,英国的寄宿学校中一共有425人涉嫌性侵;

至少有160人因此被送上法庭;

至少有171人是因为曾经的性侵被指控;

自2012年以后,寄宿学校中至少有125人因为现阶段的性侵儿童案件被指控;

目前,至少有31起相关性侵案正在调查当中。

由于只有24家警局公开了数据,占英国全部警局的一半多,所以事实上的数据只会比这更高。

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栏目组还单独联系了英格兰和威尔士的地方政府,请他们公布2012年至2017年之间,当地寄宿学校学生被性侵的案件数量。

约有3/4的地方政府予以回复,

自2012年以来,他们一共收到404件寄宿学校上报的性侵案;

各地数据差异非常大,其中一座城市拥有19家寄宿学校,当地警局一共接到60起性侵报案;

另一个地方有20座寄宿学校,但当地警局只接到2起报案;

EMBARGOED PICTURE: FOR PUBLICATION FROM TUESDAY 13TH FEBRUARY 2018 From ITN Productions BOARDING SCHOOLS: THE SECRET SHAME EXPOSURE Monday 19th February 2018 on ITV Pictured: The exterior of Ashdown House. An estimated one million people in Britain today went to boarding school. But increasingly the true extent of sexual abuse in these elite institutions is coming to light. ITV’s Exposure investigates the private schools that appeared willing to disregard children’s safety, with some failing to take action against predatory paedophiles, who groomed and assaulted young boarders over and over again, sometimes getting away with it for decades. Did protecting a school's reputation mean their pupils were put at risk? This documentary follows Alex Renton, a journalist who himself was sexually abused as an eight year old by his teacher at one of the country’s top boarding schools. ©ITN For further information please contact Peter Gray 0207 157 3046 peter.gray@itv.com This photograph is © ITN and can only be reproduced for editorial purposes directly in connection with the programme BOARDING SCHOOLS: THE SECRET SHAME EXPOSURE or ITV. Once made available by the ITV Picture Desk, this photograph can be reproduced once only up until the Transmission date and no reproduction fee will be charged. Any subsequent usage may incur a fee. This photograph must not be syndicated to any other publication or website, or permanently archived, without the express written permission of ITV Picture Desk. Full Terms and conditions are available on the website www.itvpictures.com
(阿什顿之家)

值得一提的是,按照规定,发生教职工性侵学生的案件时,

学校“应该”上报给当地政府或者是政府指定的官员,但这并非法律强制要求的义务。

所以,真实的数据可能比这还要多。而每一个数字,都包含着一个小孩子黑暗的童年。

 

Alex和同学的故事

前面提到,Alex就读于全英国最好的寄宿学校之一,阿什当之家。

EMBARGOED PICTURE: FOR PUBLICATION FROM TUESDAY 13TH FEBRUARY 2018 From ITN Productions BOARDING SCHOOLS: THE SECRET SHAME EXPOSURE Monday 19th February 2018 on ITV Pictured: Ashdown House sign. An estimated one million people in Britain today went to boarding school. But increasingly the true extent of sexual abuse in these elite institutions is coming to light. ITV‚Äôs Exposure investigates the private schools that appeared willing to disregard children‚Äôs safety, with some failing to take action against predatory paedophiles, who groomed and assaulted young boarders over and over again, sometimes getting away with it for decades. Did protecting a school's reputation mean their pupils were put at risk? This documentary follows Alex Renton, a journalist who himself was sexually abused as an eight year old by his teacher at one of the country‚Äôs top boarding schools. ©ITN For further information please contact Peter Gray 0207 157 3046 peter.gray@itv.com This photograph is © ITN and can only be reproduced for editorial purposes directly in connection with the programme BOARDING SCHOOLS: THE SECRET SHAME EXPOSURE or ITV. Once made available by the ITV Picture Desk, this photograph can be reproduced once only up until the Transmission date and no reproduction fee will be charged. Any subsequent usage may incur a fee. This photograph must not be syndicated to any other publication or website, or permanently archived, without the express written permission of ITV Picture Desk. Full Terms and conditions are available on the website www.itvpictures.com

2013年,他的同学联合起来,将老师Martin Haigh告上法庭,虽然最终被判了12年,但这一路走来也是非常不容易。

事实上,很早以前就有人向学校举报Haigh性侵学生的行径,

但学校却捂着盖着,成为罪犯的帮凶,让更多无辜儿童遭受不幸。

EMBARGOED PICTURE: FOR PUBLICATION FROM TUESDAY 13TH FEBRUARY 2018 From ITN Productions BOARDING SCHOOLS: THE SECRET SHAME EXPOSURE Monday 19th February 2018 on ITV Pictured: School photo of Martin Haigh at the time he taught at Ashdown House. An estimated one million people in Britain today went to boarding school. But increasingly the true extent of sexual abuse in these elite institutions is coming to light. ITV’s Exposure investigates the private schools that appeared willing to disregard children’s safety, with some failing to take action against predatory paedophiles, who groomed and assaulted young boarders over and over again, sometimes getting away with it for decades. Did protecting a school's reputation mean their pupils were put at risk? This documentary follows Alex Renton, a journalist who himself was sexually abused as an eight year old by his teacher at one of the country’s top boarding schools. ©ITN For further information please contact Peter Gray 0207 157 3046 peter.gray@itv.com This photograph is © ITN and can only be reproduced for editorial purposes directly in connection with the programme BOARDING SCHOOLS: THE SECRET SHAME EXPOSURE or ITV. Once made available by the ITV Picture Desk, this photograph can be reproduced once only up until the Transmission date and no reproduction fee will be charged. Any subsequent usage may incur a fee. This photograph must not be syndicated to any other publication or website, or permanently archived, without the express written permission of ITV Picture Desk. Full Terms and conditions are available on the website www.itvpictures.com(Martin Haigh)

Alex采访了一位不愿意透露姓名的同学,据他介绍,

“我爸妈和另一位同学的爸妈曾经向当时的校长Clive Williams反映此事,我也当面跟Williams讲述过自己被性侵的事,

但学校并没有对Haigh采取任何措施,只是让他在学期结束后辞职离开。”

离开阿什当之家对Haigh几乎没有任何影响,没过多久,他就顺利地在坎特伯雷的公立学校Chaucer School找到工作。

在那里,他继续作恶。近年来,陆续有Chaucer School的学生跑到警局报告自己曾被Haigh性侵。

最终,他的丑陋行径浮出水面,得到了应有的惩罚。

EMBARGOED PICTURE: FOR PUBLICATION FROM TUESDAY 13TH FEBRUARY 2018 From ITN Productions BOARDING SCHOOLS: THE SECRET SHAME EXPOSURE Monday 19th February 2018 on ITV Pictured: Police mugshot of Martin Haigh, who was sentenced to 12 years in prison in March 2017 for sexually abusing Ashdown House pupils in the 1970s. An estimated one million people in Britain today went to boarding school. But increasingly the true extent of sexual abuse in these elite institutions is coming to light. ITV's Exposure investigates the private schools that appeared willing to disregard children's safety, with some failing to take action against predatory paedophiles, who groomed and assaulted young boarders over and over again, sometimes getting away with it for decades. Did protecting a school's reputation mean their pupils were put at risk? This documentary follows Alex Renton, a journalist who himself was sexually abused as an eight year old by his teacher at one of the country's top boarding schools. ©ITN For further information please contact Peter Gray 0207 157 3046 peter.gray@itv.com This photograph is © ITN and can only be reproduced for editorial purposes directly in connection with the programme BOARDING SCHOOLS: THE SECRET SHAME EXPOSURE or ITV. Once made available by the ITV Picture Desk, this photograph can be reproduced once only up until the Transmission date and no reproduction fee will be charged. Any subsequent usage may incur a fee. This photograph must not be syndicated to any other publication or website, or permanently archived, without the express written permission of ITV Picture Desk. Full Terms and conditions are available on the website www.itvpictures.com
(Martin Haigh)

 

Alex联系到阿什当之家原来的校长Williams,但他却对学生的指控矢口否认,

“对于曾经有家长和学生向我报告Haigh性侵一事,我予以坚决的否认。另外,Haigh本人也从未跟我提过性侵的事情。”

Alex又联系到阿什当之家的经营方,Cothill信托机构,但发言人表示,

“性侵案早在本机构接管学校前25年就已经发生,这些事情让人震惊,也完全违背了我们坚守的宗旨,在此,向那些遭受不幸的人们致以深切的同情。”

 

从未受到惩罚的校长

Robin Lindsay曾经担任英国顶级预备小学Sheborne Preparatory School的校长,

19世纪70年代到90年代末,将近30年的时间里,他凭借校长身份的挡箭牌,性侵了无数学生。

学校对此睁一只眼闭一只眼,直到1998年,Lindsay的行为愈加张扬不遮掩,造成了恶劣的影响,

教育部这才组建了审理委员会,对Lindsay性侵学生一事进行调查审理。

EMBARGOED PICTURE: FOR PUBLICATION FROM TUESDAY 13TH FEBRUARY 2018 From ITN Productions BOARDING SCHOOLS: THE SECRET SHAME EXPOSURE Monday 19th February 2018 on ITV Pictured: Robin Lindsay, the former owner and headmaster of Sherborne Preparatory School whose abuse of children spanned three decades. An estimated one million people in Britain today went to boarding school. But increasingly the true extent of sexual abuse in these elite institutions is coming to light. ITV’s Exposure investigates the private schools that appeared willing to disregard children’s safety, with some failing to take action against predatory paedophiles, who groomed and assaulted young boarders over and over again, sometimes getting away with it for decades. Did protecting a school's reputation mean their pupils were put at risk? This documentary follows Alex Renton, a journalist who himself was sexually abused as an eight year old by his teacher at one of the country’s top boarding schools. ©ITN For further information please contact Peter Gray 0207 157 3046 peter.gray@itv.com This photograph is © ITN and can only be reproduced for editorial purposes directly in connection with the programme BOARDING SCHOOLS: THE SECRET SHAME EXPOSURE or ITV. Once made available by the ITV Picture Desk, this photograph can be reproduced once only up until the Transmission date and no reproduction fee will be charged. Any subsequent usage may incur a fee. This photograph must not be syndicated to any other publication or website, or permanently archived, without the express written permission of ITV Picture Desk. Full Terms and conditions are available on the website www.itvpictures.com
(Robin Lindsay)

最后,他们裁决Lindsay是“不知悔改的恋童癖”,禁止他再从事教育行业。

但当时,Lindsay离退休只有几个月,所以这项惩罚对他几乎没有任何影响。

他也从未受到真正的法庭审判,2016年,这个性侵学生30年的恶魔离开人世,终其一生都没有为自己的行径付出代价。

Alex联系上Sheborne Preparatory School,询问他们对此事的看法,

负责人不痛不痒地表示,

“我们对受害者致以深切的同情……我们会严肃对待现在以及曾经的学生的福祉…”

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(Sheborne Preparatory School)

Alex采访了预备学校独立协会(The Independent Association of Prep Schools),质问他们当初为什么不对Lindsay采取切实有效的措施,

但负责人对此避而不谈,只说,

“我们对这段往事深感震惊……现在,我们把学生的教育、关怀以及福利作为首要关注点,以最严格的标准要求自己和相关的学校。”

 

Phillip Witcomb的故事

1975年,13岁的Phillip进入赫里福德郡的高级私立学校Lucton School。

EMBARGOED PICTURE: FOR PUBLICATION FROM TUESDAY 13TH FEBRUARY 2018 From ITN Productions BOARDING SCHOOLS: THE SECRET SHAME EXPOSURE Monday 19th February 2018 on ITV Pictured: (l-r) Philip, who was abused at Lucton School in the 1970s, being interviewed by Alex Renton An estimated one million people in Britain today went to boarding school. But increasingly the true extent of sexual abuse in these elite institutions is coming to light. ITV’s Exposure investigates the private schools that appeared willing to disregard children’s safety, with some failing to take action against predatory paedophiles, who groomed and assaulted young boarders over and over again, sometimes getting away with it for decades. Did protecting a school's reputation mean their pupils were put at risk? This documentary follows Alex Renton, a journalist who himself was sexually abused as an eight year old by his teacher at one of the country’s top boarding schools. ©ITN For further information please contact Peter Gray 0207 157 3046 peter.gray@itv.com This photograph is © ITN and can only be reproduced for editorial purposes directly in connection with the programme BOARDING SCHOOLS: THE SECRET SHAME EXPOSURE or ITV. Once made available by the ITV Picture Desk, this photograph can be reproduced once only up until the Transmission date and no reproduction fee will be charged. Any subsequent usage may incur a fee. This photograph must not be syndicated to any other publication or website, or permanently archived, without the express written permission of ITV Picture Desk. Full Terms and conditions are available on the website www.itvpictures.com
(Phillip Witcomb)

没过多久,他就遭到了舍监David Panter的性侵犯。

惊慌失措的Phillip把这件事报告给校长Keith Vivian,但他却对此置若罔闻,没有采取任何措施。

日子一天天过去,几年后,Phillip被选拔成为prefect(协助学校管理年幼学生的学长、级长),

他发现,那些年幼的学弟就像他当初一样,被人性侵乃至强奸!

 

他再次找到校长Keith Vivian反映情况,

刚开始,Vivian拒不承认学校有性侵学生这种丑闻,想像当初打发小孩子那样,把已经长大的Phillip打发走。

但Phillip不依不饶,无奈之下,Vivian只能细细听完他的讲述,承诺一定会给个说法。

第二天,Phillip发现,舍监Panter悄悄离开。

他很快就在另一家学校找到工作。

EMBARGOED PICTURE: FOR PUBLICATION FROM TUESDAY 13TH FEBRUARY 2018 From ITN Productions BOARDING SCHOOLS: THE SECRET SHAME EXPOSURE Monday 19th February 2018 on ITV Pictured: Exterior of Lucton School. An estimated one million people in Britain today went to boarding school. But increasingly the true extent of sexual abuse in these elite institutions is coming to light. ITV’s Exposure investigates the private schools that appeared willing to disregard children’s safety, with some failing to take action against predatory paedophiles, who groomed and assaulted young boarders over and over again, sometimes getting away with it for decades. Did protecting a school's reputation mean their pupils were put at risk? This documentary follows Alex Renton, a journalist who himself was sexually abused as an eight year old by his teacher at one of the country’s top boarding schools. ©ITN For further information please contact Peter Gray 0207 157 3046 peter.gray@itv.com This photograph is © ITN and can only be reproduced for editorial purposes directly in connection with the programme BOARDING SCHOOLS: THE SECRET SHAME EXPOSURE or ITV. Once made available by the ITV Picture Desk, this photograph can be reproduced once only up until the Transmission date and no reproduction fee will be charged. Any subsequent usage may incur a fee. This photograph must not be syndicated to any other publication or website, or permanently archived, without the express written permission of ITV Picture Desk. Full Terms and conditions are available on the website www.itvpictures.com
(Lucton School)

几十年后,Alex找到当初的校长Vivian进行采访,他如今的身份是一位牧师,

“我不记得Phillip跟我反映过性侵的事情,但我记得,有几个prefect找我谈过此事,我立刻让Panter卷铺盖走人,并且通知了学校的主管部门。”

Alex又联系上Lucton School,询问他们对此事的看法,

“我们向曾经遭受伤害的幸存者致以问候和同情,但是,我们没法对那段往事进行回复。

原来的学校早在1985年就已经关闭,现在的学校是后来由信托基金新成立的,是一个新的独立法定单位实体。”

2016年,Panters因为强暴猥亵和严重猥亵7名学生,被判处9年有期徒刑。

 

Richard的故事

40多年前,Richard就读于东萨塞克斯郡的St Aubyns School,学校里有个名叫George Pilgrim的老师。

“他胆子很大,一点儿都不害怕被抓住。”

光天化日之下,他就敢在教师里性侵当时只有10岁的Richard.

不巧的是,就在这时,校长William Gervis忽然走了进来。

EMBARGOED PICTURE: FOR PUBLICATION FROM TUESDAY 13TH FEBRUARY 2018 From ITN Productions BOARDING SCHOOLS: THE SECRET SHAME EXPOSURE Monday 19th February 2018 on ITV Pictured: Alex Renton (right) meeting Richard (left) Richard was abused at St Aubyns in the 1970s. An estimated one million people in Britain today went to boarding school. But increasingly the true extent of sexual abuse in these elite institutions is coming to light. ITV’s Exposure investigates the private schools that appeared willing to disregard children’s safety, with some failing to take action against predatory paedophiles, who groomed and assaulted young boarders over and over again, sometimes getting away with it for decades. Did protecting a school's reputation mean their pupils were put at risk? This documentary follows Alex Renton, a journalist who himself was sexually abused as an eight year old by his teacher at one of the country’s top boarding schools. ©ITN For further information please contact Peter Gray 0207 157 3046 peter.gray@itv.com This photograph is © ITN and can only be reproduced for editorial purposes directly in connection with the programme BOARDING SCHOOLS: THE SECRET SHAME EXPOSURE or ITV. Once made available by the ITV Picture Desk, this photograph can be reproduced once only up until the Transmission date and no reproduction fee will be charged. Any subsequent usage may incur a fee. This photograph must not be syndicated to any other publication or website, or permanently archived, without the express written permission of ITV Picture Desk. Full Terms and conditions are available on the website www.itvpictures.com
(左,Richard)

“校长非常非常生气,他平时是个很严肃也很严格的人,我从没看见他那么愤怒的样子。

Pilgrim忽然间变成了一个小孩,他讪讪地走到讲桌边畏缩地站着,给自己找出蹩脚的借口。”

但遗憾的是,校长并未对Pilgrim做出有效的惩罚。

“学校从未派人问过我和其他同学,Pilgrim究竟犯下了什么罪行,他们的处理方式实在太软弱太松散了。”

不久之后,Pilgrim离开St Aubyns School,前往另一家私立学校继续当老师。

EMBARGOED PICTURE: FOR PUBLICATION FROM TUESDAY 13TH FEBRUARY 2018 From ITN Productions BOARDING SCHOOLS: THE SECRET SHAME EXPOSURE Monday 19th February 2018 on ITV Pictured: The exterior of St Aubyns School An estimated one million people in Britain today went to boarding school. But increasingly the true extent of sexual abuse in these elite institutions is coming to light. ITV’s Exposure investigates the private schools that appeared willing to disregard children’s safety, with some failing to take action against predatory paedophiles, who groomed and assaulted young boarders over and over again, sometimes getting away with it for decades. Did protecting a school's reputation mean their pupils were put at risk? This documentary follows Alex Renton, a journalist who himself was sexually abused as an eight year old by his teacher at one of the country’s top boarding schools. ©ITN For further information please contact Peter Gray 0207 157 3046 peter.gray@itv.com This photograph is © ITN and can only be reproduced for editorial purposes directly in connection with the programme BOARDING SCHOOLS: THE SECRET SHAME EXPOSURE or ITV. Once made available by the ITV Picture Desk, this photograph can be reproduced once only up until the Transmission date and no reproduction fee will be charged. Any subsequent usage may incur a fee. This photograph must not be syndicated to any other publication or website, or permanently archived, without the express written permission of ITV Picture Desk. Full Terms and conditions are available on the website www.itvpictures.com

Alex采访了那所私校的负责人,他们表示,

“Pilgrim来我们这儿的时候带着St Aubyns School的推荐信。但2个月过后我们就开除他了,因为他在教室里性侵儿童。”

St Aubyns School早在2013年就已经关闭,Pilgrim也已经去世,

没有人为Richard等人遭受的痛苦付出任何代价。

 

性侵犯的故事

Alex采访了一个名叫James的性侵犯,上世纪70年代和80年代,他曾多次在寄宿学校性侵儿童。

James表示,

“我认为,(性侵学生)这种事今天仍在不断发生,因为这已经成为寄宿学校的传统——老师要和学生亲密接触。

经过几代人的实践,这已经成为我们的文化当中一个根深蒂固的东西。”

EMBARGOED PICTURE: FOR PUBLICATION FROM TUESDAY 13TH FEBRUARY 2018 From ITN Productions BOARDING SCHOOLS: THE SECRET SHAME EXPOSURE Monday 19th February 2018 on ITV Pictured: Alex Renton (right) interviewing convicted paedophile ‘James’. An estimated one million people in Britain today went to boarding school. But increasingly the true extent of sexual abuse in these elite institutions is coming to light. ITVs Exposure investigates the private schools that appeared willing to disregard children‚s safety, with some failing to take action against predatory paedophiles, who groomed and assaulted young boarders over and over again, sometimes getting away with it for decades. Did protecting a school's reputation mean their pupils were put at risk? This documentary follows Alex Renton, a journalist who himself was sexually abused as an eight year old by his teacher at one of the countrys top boarding schools. ©ITN For further information please contact Peter Gray 0207 157 3046 peter.gray@itv.com This photograph is © ITN and can only be reproduced for editorial purposes directly in connection with the programme BOARDING SCHOOLS: THE SECRET SHAME EXPOSURE or ITV. Once made available by the ITV Picture Desk, this photograph can be reproduced once only up until the Transmission date and no reproduction fee will be charged. Any subsequent usage may incur a fee. This photograph must not be syndicated to any other publication or website, or permanently archived, without the express written permission of ITV Picture Desk. Full Terms and conditions are available on the website www.itvpictures.com
(Alex采访背对镜头的James)

他说,自己刚进入寄宿学校工作的时候,就发现了老师和男学生之间非同一般的关系,

但大家并不认为这是性侵犯,而是跟学生“亲密接触”

“我的前两任都是因为跟男孩子亲密接触而被解雇……过了大概1年时间,我才知道副校长也和几个男孩有亲密关系。”

James还沾沾自喜地表示,所谓的亲密关系不过就是“老师爱上了可爱的男孩”

被他性侵过的男孩还曾主动找到他,想跟他发生“切实的亲密关系”。

 

“他找到我,让我对他做点什么……这就么简单,这种情况也并不鲜见。”

Alex不解,12岁的孩子懂什么,又怎么会同意这样的事情。

James表示,“12岁的男孩像其他年龄段的人一样,有能力表示同意与否。”

EMBARGOED PICTURE: FOR PUBLICATION FROM TUESDAY 13TH FEBRUARY 2018 From ITN Productions BOARDING SCHOOLS: THE SECRET SHAME EXPOSURE Monday 19th February 2018 on ITV Pictured: Journalist Alex Renton An estimated one million people in Britain today went to boarding school. But increasingly the true extent of sexual abuse in these elite institutions is coming to light. ITV’s Exposure investigates the private schools that appeared willing to disregard children’s safety, with some failing to take action against predatory paedophiles, who groomed and assaulted young boarders over and over again, sometimes getting away with it for decades. Did protecting a school's reputation mean their pupils were put at risk? This documentary follows Alex Renton, a journalist who himself was sexually abused as an eight year old by his teacher at one of the country’s top boarding schools. ©ITN For further information please contact Peter Gray 0207 157 3046 peter.gray@itv.com This photograph is © ITN and can only be reproduced for editorial purposes directly in connection with the programme BOARDING SCHOOLS: THE SECRET SHAME EXPOSURE or ITV. Once made available by the ITV Picture Desk, this photograph can be reproduced once only up until the Transmission date and no reproduction fee will be charged. Any subsequent usage may incur a fee. This photograph must not be syndicated to any other publication or website, or permanently archived, without the express written permission of ITV Picture Desk. Full Terms and conditions are available on the website www.itvpictures.com
(Alex)

其实,James不仅是性侵犯,也是性侵的受害者。

“在预备学校的时候,我曾经被5个老师性侵,这件事并未对我造成任何伤害,相反,它让我的生活多了许许多多的乐趣。

老师会给我一些小礼物作为奖赏,我父母从来不会给我这样的玩意儿,比如说小玩具、全套的香烟画片等等。他们给了我在家里从未得到的喜欢和爱。”

长大成人之后,James选择去学校工作,令人震惊的是,

“学校没有对我进行任何的背景审查,这种做法其实非常普遍。”

 

反思

在英国,估计有100万学生在寄宿学校读书。

75%的英国首相,以及许许多多的政治家、法官、商业领袖都曾在一些大名鼎鼎的寄宿学校就读。

家长认为,孩子进入这些学校,一只脚就迈向了成功,所以,他们往往不惜重金把孩子送入其中。

原本是精英的摇篮,为何成了恶魔的天堂,孩子的受虐场?

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按照规定,所有的学校都应该有足够的安全保障措施,确保孩子们不会受到任何伤害,相关部门也会定期对此进行检查。

摄制组检查了英格兰所有寄宿学校最新的检验报告,

发现1/10的学校安全保障措施没有达到国家标准,或者是没有达到“良好”(good)的标准。

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对此,Alex联系上囊括了90%的寄宿学校的寄宿学校协会(The Boarding Schools’ Association),

首席执行官Robin Fletcher表示,

“我能说的就是,现在寄宿学校的工作人员都是专业且关怀学生的,他们尽自己所能,把学生安全作为首要目标。

诚然,在部分学校曾经有部分人经历过可怕的侵害,我们对此也感到十分震惊。

但根据我的经验来看,没有学校会对受害者的反映不理不顾,只要条件允许,校方都会尽快处理并道歉。”

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对于如何改善寄宿学校学生屡屡被性侵的状况,Robin认为,

政府应该出台法律,强制要求学校必须上报任何与性侵相关的事件。

“摒弃所有存在疑问和模糊的东西,强制学校进行报告,这才能让孩子们更加安全。”

 

原本培养祖国栋梁的学校,成为罪恶的温床;

原本应该呵护下一代,守护他们成长的老师,成为侵害学生的黑手;

原本应该快乐健康、茁壮成长的孩子们,沦为犯罪分子手中弱小无助的羔羊……

但愿,撕开这个见不得人的伤疤,让它暴露在阳光之下,能够挽救更多孩子不受伤害……

 

Ref:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-5408899/ITV-Exposure-programme-investigates-boarding-school-abuse.html