(CNN) - An investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct at a group of schools associated with the Washington National Cathedral that was made public Thursday found that 16 adults formerly connected to the schools or the cathedral had committed sexual misconduct against students.
The investigation adds the capital's Episcopal population, and the nationally renowned neo-Gothic cathedral at its center, to the list of communities reckoning with sex abuse scandals.
In a letter sent this week to parents of current students, former students and parents of former students, Rt.
The law firm reported adults found to be "credibly accused of sexual misconduct against students" to law enforcement, the school says.
When alumni responded with accounts of sexual misconduct by several former teachers, the school hired the law firm Debevoise & Plimpton to investigate.