THREAD: Sex abuse rituals at NJ boarding school exposed — in cartoons by survivor trib.al/tbBIHnj
Cartoonist Glenn Head’s new critically acclaimed graphic memoir recounts his two traumatizing years at the now-defunct, Mendham, NJ boarding school, “Chartwell Manor.”
Former headmaster “Sir” Terence Michael Lynch is known as a serial sexual abuser who manipulated young boys into “cuddling sessions” after fondling and beating their nude bodies. Five decades later, Head’s memoir could help bring justice to his fellow victims.
Head told The Post, “I’ve been in touch with some alumni — and a lot of people I knew who were kids then committed suicide or are dead from drug overdoses. Others [got into] criminal things. A lot of that grew right out of that school.”
Because of a vow of silence among students, many parents didn’t learn of Lynch’s sadistic abuse until after the disgraced school was shut down in 1984. Accusers testified, and Lynch pleaded guilty in 1989. He was in and out of prison but is now believed to have died at 77.
Meanwhile, the release of “Chartwell Manor” could help bring compensation to survivors who were too traumatized to testify in the past. “Claims must be filed by Nov. 30. Hundreds of [people] have already come forward… You are not alone,” said attorney Greg Gianfocaro.
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THREAD: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis edges out Trump in 2024 straw poll trib.al/OeDWsHT
DeSantis pulled in 74% approval to Trump’s 71% in a poll at the Western Conservative Summit in Denver. The poll was conducted among roughly 500 people in person at the conference and more online. The list included 31 candidates both Republican and Democrat.
The first-term governor, who has endeared himself to conservatives for bucking coronavirus restrictions and lockdowns and combating critical race theory as well as tech censorship in his state, hasn’t said he would mount a campaign in 2024.
THREAD: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) under fire for membership at an all-white beach club trib.al/ohhD0v7
Sen. Whitehouse is facing new scrutiny over his decades-long membership in an allegedly all-white private beach club, as he bills himself as a progressive and prominent critic of systemic racism — dismissing membership based on race as “a long tradition in Rhode Island.”
When Whitehouse initially ran for office in 2006, he disavowed his membership and pledged to quit “Bailey’s Beach Club.” Click here to see the new video of a GoLocal reporter confronting him on the issue trib.al/ohhD0v7
THREAD: Fans with AstraZeneca vaccine won’t get into ‘Springsteen on Broadway’ trib.al/BSr3nyR
People looking to attend Springsteen’s Broadway show later this month will be denied if they’ve received the AstraZeneca vaccine, which hasn’t yet been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. For info about the show itself click here: trib.al/VEDhmTK
Guests will meet vaccination criteria if they’ve received a second dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech or Moderna vaccine at least 14 days earlier, or that same span with a Johnson & Johnson shot. There are no exceptions for AstraZeneca recipients.
THREAD: The World Health Organization accused of being “sexist and paternalistic” for advising women of childbearing age not to drink alcohol – family plans aside, according to a report trib.al/nvW6dwD
The UN agency’s draft global alcohol action plan for 2022-2030 urges countries to pay “appropriate attention to prevention” of consumption in certain groups, including teens and women of childbearing age, the UK’s Telegraph reported.
Matt Lambert, head of the Portman Group, slammed the WHO on Wednesday. “As well as being sexist and paternalistic, and potentially restricting the freedoms of most women, it goes well beyond their remit and is not rooted in science,” he said.
THREAD: UFOs could threaten U.S. security, politicians say after Capitol Hill briefing trib.al/NyqIzsg
Ahead of the release of a highly anticipated Pentagon report on UFOs before the month’s end, members of the House Intelligence Committee received a hush-hush sneak preview inside a SCIF, or “sensitive compartmented information facility.”
As for the existence of extraterrestrial life, the lawmakers largely left the secrets inside the surveillance-proof room, declining to tell reporters what they learned, but voicing concerns over national security.