They trusted a coach with their girls and Ivy League ambitions.
Now Kirk Shipley is accused of sex abuse. wapo.st/31iSpGp
Now Kirk Shipley is accused of sex abuse. wapo.st/31iSpGp
Many credited the team’s accomplishments to the longtime head coach who was a social studies teacher at Walt Whitman High in Bethesda, Md.
Shipley was a three-time All-Met Coach of the Year who’d led the parent-funded club program for nearly two decades. wapo.st/31iSpGp
Shipley was a three-time All-Met Coach of the Year who’d led the parent-funded club program for nearly two decades. wapo.st/31iSpGp
He’d cultivated a loyal following, becoming drinking buddies with rival coaches and accepting invitations from rowers’ parents to dine at their homes.
They trusted him with their daughters — and their Ivy League ambitions. wapo.st/31iSpGp
They trusted him with their daughters — and their Ivy League ambitions. wapo.st/31iSpGp
Three days after their graduation from Whitman High, the seven rowers decided to send a missive to the parent board.
None of them wanted other students to have the same experiences they’d had with Shipley. wapo.st/31iSpGp
None of them wanted other students to have the same experiences they’d had with Shipley. wapo.st/31iSpGp
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