Donald E. Sullivan

CONCORD — The latest in the series of semi-annual reports issued by an independent compliance overseer hired to monitor the troubled St. Paul’s School’s efforts to restore accountability, oversight, transparency and training was released Tuesday by the office of Attorney General John Formella.

The report, which was authored by Donald E. Sullivan, the current independent compliance overseer, can be found at www.doj.nh.gov/news/2022/documents/january-2022-sps-report.pdf.

The issuance of semi-annual reports is one of the stipulations contained in a settlement agreement between the state and the private Concord school.

The agreement, which was reached in September 2018, resolved the Attorney General’s ongoing investigation into sweeping allegations of rampant sexual assaults, bullying, abuse and lack of accountability by the administration at the school, one of few remaining full boarding schools in the nation.

Prosecutors agreed to resolve the issues by entering the agreement rather than continue with criminal proceedings, opting instead to “facilitate the protection of children at St. Paul’s School, and to ensure a system of accountability, oversight, transparency and training.”

The agreement, officials said at the time, called for the oversight of the school for a period of up to five years, and included the selection of a compliance overseer who “would be embedded on the St. Paul’s School campus and tasked with reporting at least bi-annually to the Attorney General’s office regarding the school’s compliance with all the terms of the agreement.”

The full agreement can be found at www.doj.nh.gov/news/2018/documents/20180913-st-pauls-report.pdf.

Dean Shalhoup may be reached at 594-1256 or dshalhoup@nashuatelegraph.com.