"...shielded news and accounts...."

Quite true, Michael T., and sexual abuse is still common in public schools today. So many perpetrators are never prosecuted. The problem is that many sexual abuse and privacy laws were not written specifically to deal with abuse by educators like your father, a principal; and sometimes -- even now -- administrators seem tone deaf to the unusual power that a teacher or coach has over a student. Private schools also have their share of sexual abuse. They are often exempt from many rules that do exist, such as requirements of license educators. The Spotlight team that investigated the Boston archdiocese has recently said that at least 110 New England private schools are facing allegations affecting 300 kids. Needless to say, it is everywhere, sadly not only in mosques, synagogues, churches (abuse was/is just as prevalent in Protestant churches as in Catholic), public and private schools, but also in families, most of all.