By Tara Brady PUBLISHED: 07:35 EST, 23 April 2013 | UPDATED: 10:17 EST, 23 April 2013 A former pupil of an elite school in New York has spoken for the first time about being sexually abused by staff when he was 13-years-old. Ron Klepper, 48, and five other alleged victims attended a press conference yesterday where they called for civil lawsuits to be brought against Horace Mann School, in the Bronx. They were joined by attorney Gloria Allred who is representing them in the case. The men are now in their 40s and 50s and want the Child Victims Act bill to be passed.
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Victims are calling for civil lawsuits to be brought against the school
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New York Police Department scrapped investigation because claims happened too long ago to prosecute
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