From the
HEAL ReportCovering 3 states: Bath Maine (boarding school, still open), Woodstock Connecticut (boarding school, open 1996-2017), and New York (Public Charter day Schools in Brooklyn and the Bronx, still open)
In Maine, the criminal statutes of limitation are 3 years on misdemeanors, 6 years on most felonies, and there is no statute of limitations on murder nor the rape of a minor under age 16 at time of offense. For civil suits in Maine, the statute of limitations is 6 years. In New York, the criminal statutes of limitation are 2 years on misdemeanors, 5 years on most felonies, and no statute of limitations for the crimes of rape and murder. For civil suits in New York, the statute of limitations is 3 years. Here are your options:
1. Report crimes such as fraud, assault, battery, false imprisonment, labor trafficking, and child abuse to law enforcement in Connecticut, Maine, and/or New York. You can call the Bath, ME Police at (207) 443-5563, New Haven, CT Police at (203) 946-6316, or Bronx, NY Police at (718) 402-2270 to inquire about filing an official complaint which may provide the probable cause needed to get a warrant for investigation and/or prosecution.
2. File a consumer complaint with your home state's attorney general against The Hyde School (Hyde) and include your request for compensation for any harm done to you. You can find the easy online forms for filing such a complaint (which may result in an investigation, prosecution, and/or civil resolution on your case) under your home state's (state where you currently reside) header at
https://www.heal-online.org/report.htm . If your home state is Connecticut or you'd like to file with the Connecticut State Attorney General as a non-resident, here is that link:
https://portal.ct.gov/DCP/Complaint-Center/Consumers---Complaint-Center If your home state is Maine or you'd like to file with the Maine State Attorney General as a non-resident, here is that link:
https://www.maine.gov/ag/consumer/complaints/ And, if your home state is New York or you'd like to file with the New York State Attorney General as a non-resident, here is that link:
https://ag.ny.gov/consumer-frauds/Filing-a-Consumer-Complaint 3. If you do not wish to file a consumer complaint, you can contact a private personal injury attorney and look into suing in tort/civil court. However, if you can't afford the retainer, you should expect to settle out of court with a non-disclosure agreement which may bar you from speaking publicly about the incident because you've agreed (even if with a grumbling assent) to the terms of the settlement. You can find legal resources at
https://www.heal-online.org/legal.htm and legal causes of action related to institutionalized abuse claims at
https://www.heal-online.org/legalarguments.htm .
4. You may post a statement about your experience at your program on by sending an e-mail to
rev@cope.church with subject "Post My Feedback" and we will post your feedback (e-mail printed to .pdf disclosing your name and e-mail address and any information in your e-mail with that subject) to
https://www.cope.church/feedback.htm and add a direct link to those .pdf files to this page .
5. You may also wish to provide a guest sermon. Guest sermons are posted at
https://www.cope.church/sermons.htm, under Progress Reports/Guest Sermons at
https://www.heal-online.org where appropriate, and on program info pages when applicable. So, one provided by you on your program would also be placed on this page. Guest sermons should be written into the body of an e-mail and sent to
rev@cope.church. Your first and last name will be disclosed (contact info will not be unless you expressly ask for that). For sermons available on our site see
https://www.cope.church/sermons.htm (and sermon archives linked on that page). If you have questions about this option, please contact
rev@cope.church. Please see
https://www.cope.church/givetoday.pdf to get an idea what your sermon may be worth.
For more info on the above tips, visit HEAL:
http://www.heal-online.org/hyde.htm