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A Ohio The high school faces a federal prosecution on civil rights after a former student of the football team made several disturbing allegations, in particular that it was subject to hazing and sexual assault during a football camp in June, according to legal documents.
The complaint, filed Tuesday before the American district court of the Northern Ohio district, named Ursuline High School in Youngstown as a defendant in the case. Several school officials and football coaches, the Catholic diocese of Youngstown and several unnamed players and parents were also listed as defendants in the trial.
The accusations of the trial brought on Tuesday come from a nine -day football camp in June. (istock)
According to a press release from Chandra’s law firm, who represents the mother of the football player and his daughter, the prosecution claims that the applicant’s son was “violently attacked” during a nine -day football camp that crossed Florida, Tennessee and Alabama in June.
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The boy, who was not identified in the trial but was described as a first -year student in the team, said that he had been sexually assaulted the first night of the trip by a player. Another player was accused of having filmed the assault and downloading it to the team’s snapchat group. The alleged hazing and intimidation Following in the days following the initial alleged assault and the fourth day of the camp, the applicant alleged that he had been attacked again when he was retained by several players and stripped until he was completely exposed.
The alleged assault was again filmed and shared with the same group on Snapchat.
The trial has appointed other acts of alleged hazing and intimidation, both against the applicant and other players. The complaint also allegedly alleged that school officials had failed in their response to the applicant’s complaints and that the coaches were aware of the threats of intimidation during the camp but did not take significant measures.
The mother first raised the allegations to an assistant coach on June 16 during the camp and said that the coach would have rejected allegations of assault, declaring that “boys are boys,” said complaint. She also met school officials after her son returned home and said they “showed no regrets or remorse or compassion” at the start of the meeting.
A spokesperson for Ursuline Secondary School told PK Press Club Digital that an investigation into the allegations was underway and that representatives of the school and the diocese cooperated with this investigation. (Google Maps)
The complaint also accused the school of not having “investigated or taking significant disciplinary measures against players or coaches” even after receiving evidence, according to the law firm representing the complainants.
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According to the complaint,
In addition to hazing and assault, the trial also alleged several Title IX violations And said the defendants had committed several other offenses, including false imprisonment, harassment, juvenile pornography and distribution of obscene and obscene materials.
“This case concerns responsibility. No family should have to bear the trauma that this family suffered in the hands of other students, then in the hands of school officials who, according to the trial, made excuses, ignored and even tried to cover what happened,” said the main prosecutor of the complainants Subodh Chandra in a press release.
“We would welcome people when we hearing people with information on the allegations of the pursuit – and also other victims.”
The Ursuline high school and the Catholic diocese of Youngstown were contacted for comments. In response, a spokesperson told PK Press Club Digital that a police investigation was underway and that representatives of the school and the diocese cooperated with this investigation.
The trial said that the applicant’s son was “violently attacked” during a nine -day football camp that traveled several states in June. (Steve Nurenberg / Fort Worth Star-Telegram / TNS)
“The security and well-being of our students are the absolute priority of Ursuline High School. Parents of Ursulines can and should be convinced that their sons and daughters are in a safe environment every day. To this end, we want to highlight the measures we have taken with regard to the allegations concerning the football program.”
The declaration continued: “After the students and coaches returned from the trip in question, a family made an official report to the school alleging a fault. The identity of minors and at the request of the police, Ursuline has not discussed public allegations. “”
The school noted that disciplinary measures against some of the “most directly involved students were imposed by ursuline policies”. Some students left school “before the discipline could be imposed”.
An increased presence of the chaperon and compulsory training exams were implemented following allegations, added the school. Friday’s football team’s match was also canceled as a result of the news in the civil affair.
