I cannot vouch for the OP of this thread nor the specifics of the claims since I don't know the OP nor, for that matter, Valley View School to any significant degree. But some of your generalizations regarding the occurrence and the reporting of abuse, Whooter, are simply ignorant and inflammatory.
There has always been a long time issue with credibility with many posts here. We read about people saying they were abused in a program but when asked to name the person that abused them they clam up. This is a huge red flag indicating that the statement wasn’t true. It’s a fairly good acid test which has withstood the test of time.
If the statements are true then there is no need to worry about posting them.
What you aver is false, and doesn't comport with what is known about long term trauma experienced by victims of sexual abuse.
In fact, these types of abuses, particularly when perpetrated in an environment where a group of peers can be recruited to protect the interests of the perpetrator or the institution in which it occurred, carry a tremendous burden of shame and fear about coming forward. These red flags you speak of speak more of that shame and fear than they do about the alleged falsehood of said claims.
This is particularly true when the institution in question carries a certain ideological clout, as with an institution of religious worship and, yes, even a program of education which claims to aspire to higher ideals of ethics and morality than your standard public school. It is not uncommon for victims of clergy abuse to wait 30-40 years before bringing their case to the public in some fashion or another.
Moreover, there is often a great deal to worry about when it comes to posting true statements about perpetrators and abusers. There have been incidents of cyber-stalking, actual physical stalking, rumor mongering retaliation, in addition to angry perps or their defenders contacting victims through their employer and instilling fear of losing the continuation of one's livelihood into the bargain. There have even been incidents of spurious lawsuits brought about in the hopes of intimidating victims into silence based not on fact nor false claims, but for the sole purpose of intimidation and harassment.
