--- description: The investigation said abusers at the elite school included both men and women title: Dozens of Students Abused at NYC Private School, Probe Finds image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7003b868628b5232/698851d5f887dc231de90a5e/horace-mann.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Education](/tag/education/) ## Education Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Horace Mann Sex Abuse Probe Blasts School, Finds Dozens of Victims by [Tracy Connor/NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Tracy Connor/NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 27, 2015 5:07 PM CUT  This April 22, 2013 file photo shows the Horace Mann school in the Bronx borough of New York. This April 22, 2013 file photo shows the Horace Mann school in the Bronx borough of New York.Mark Lennihan—AP by [Tracy Connor/NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Tracy Connor/NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 27, 2015 5:07 PM CUT A probe commissioned by a group of alumni at New York’s elite Horace Mann School has found that more than 64 students were sexually abused by nearly two dozen faculty and staff between the 1960s and the 1990s—far more than an investigation by the district attorney identified. The investigation, led by former judge and sex-crime prosecutor Leslie Crocker Snyder, said the abusers at the leafy campus in the Bronx included both men and women—and students were sometimes molested by more than one staffer. Although most of the victims were boys, the investigation identified several new female… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/horace-mann-sex-abuse-probe-blasts-school-finds-dozens-victims-n365291?cid=par-time-article%5F20141002 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3898179/horace-mann-sex-abuse-probe/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3898179/horace-mann-sex-abuse-probe/"},"headline":"Horace Mann Sex Abuse Probe Blasts School, Finds Dozens of Victims","datePublished":"2015-05-27T17:07:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T07:40:10.957Z","description":"The investigation said abusers at the elite school included both men and women","url":"https://time.com/3898179/horace-mann-sex-abuse-probe/","keywords":["Education","Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7003b868628b5232/698851d5f887dc231de90a5e/horace-mann.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tracy Connor/NBC News"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7003b868628b5232/698851d5f887dc231de90a5e/horace-mann.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"horace mann prep school","caption":"horace mann prep school","creditText":"Mark Lennihan—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/education/","name":"Education"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3898179/horace-mann-sex-abuse-probe/","name":"Horace Mann Sex Abuse Probe Blasts School, Finds Dozens of Victims"}}]}] ```