Lawsuit Details Sex Abuse Scandal at Salisbury Private School

A federal lawsuit has reopened a decades-old sex abuse scandal at the exclusive Indian Mountain School in Salisbury.

The suit was filed this week by former student William Brewster Brownville. It provides graphic details of what he says was routine abuse of students in the 1970s and '80s, including gang rapes, at the hands of staff.

The school was investigated in the 1990s, but police determined the statute of limitations for criminal charges had expired. The school later settled five other lawsuits.

Brownville attorney Anthony Ponvert says his client came forward in part out of frustration that no one was ever held accountable.

Headmaster Mark Devey says school officials are shocked and disheartened by the latest allegations, but are looking into them and taking them seriously.