Former students call for inquiry into alleged assaults

Boston, MA--5/9/2016--Two men, who say they were sexually abused by teachers and administrators at the Fessenden School (cq), speak out at a press conference, with attorney Mitchell Garabedian (cq), on Monday, May 9, 2016. From left to right are Adrian S. Hooper Jr. (cq), John Sweeney (cq) and Garabedian. Photo by Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff Topic: 10abuse Reporter: Jonathan Saltzman

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Two former students of the Fessenden School in Newton demanded a federal inquiry into alleged sexual assaults by staffers there in the 1960s and 1970s.

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A Green Line train.

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Ground Game

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Globe investigations

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/spotlight9090-10654.jpg Private schools, painful secrets

More than 200 victims. At least 90 legal claims. At least 67 private schools in New England. This is the story of hundreds of students sexually abused by staffers, and emerging from decades of silence today.