See all past concerts (41) This item is unavailable. Have LitUpInteriorDesign make something just for you, or try these other items: Browse more items from EtsyA group of former pupils at an exclusive Honolulu private school for native Hawaiians are suing the institution claiming they were sexually abused by an eminent psychiatrist employed to give them therapy. The former students claimed they were attacked by Dr Robert Brown between 1958 and 1985 while he was employed by Kamehameha Schools. According to legal papers, the school required each student to undergo therapy which took place in Brown's office. Blake Conant, left, said his brother Christopher, who died of an overdose, was abused by Dr Robert Brown in the late 1960s while a pupil Kamehameha School The school paid for the treatment. Kamehameha Schools is an exclusive private facility for native-born Hawaiians spread over three campuses. The lawsuit claims that Kamehameha Schools have known about the allegations of sexual abuse for the past 25 years but have failed to either respond or investigate them. 

Blake Conant, a plaintiff, said his younger brother, Christopher, was abused by Browne from 1968 to 1969.Browne prescribed Conant valium, according to the lawsuit. Christopher Conant struggled with drugs and alcohol for the rest of his life until he died of an overdose in 2011, his older brother said.Mr Conant said: 'How could this have happened? My mom and dad entrusted Kamehameha to watch over us.' Honolulu attorney Michael Green said: 'Kamehameha School has to take responsibility on this one. They're not going to run from this case.'Green said he thinks there are many other students who were abused by Browne that haven't come forward.Kamehameha Schools was established in 1883 by the will of Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop. Kamehameha Schools gives admission preference to students of Native Hawaiian ancestry and enrolls nearly 7,000 at three campuses statewide.The lawsuit also names as a defendant St. Francis Medical Center, where Browne served as director of psychiatry until he lost his credentials. 

He then continued practicing at Kuakini Medical Center, now known as Kuakini Health System, which is another defendant. The school is based in Honolulu, which is also home to the WWII battleship USS Missouri, file photographKennith Cockett, vice president of communications at Kamehameha Schools, said the school is 'troubled and saddened' by the allegations.'The safety and welfare of our students is Kamehameha's highest priority,' Cockett said. gude hoodie'We are working to resolve this matter in the best interests of everyone involved.'Kuakini Health System respond didn't immediately comment. kamehameha hoodiesHonolulu attorney Richard Gronna, who represents the estate of Robert Browne, and St. Francis Healthcare System refused to comment on the case.mx gear for sale gauteng

Twenty-four of the 26 former students in the lawsuit are graduates of Kamehameha Schools. The other two were from other schools that were referred to Browne.All of the plaintiffs were boys younger than 16 when they were abused, according to the lawsuit.The suit alleges that Browne told the students his so-called therapy sessions, which included masturbation and oral sex, were a required part of therapy to ensure their bodies were functioning properly. mhs hoodieThe abuse took place in Browne's office and home, as well as the residential apartment of the principal, the suit said.The lawsuit claims that if students refused to attend Browne's therapy sessions, they would be threatened, sometimes even with expulsion. The lawsuit is possible now because Hawaii is among the states that recently extended the statute of limitations for adults who suffered sexual abuse as children. Hawaii's extension on the statute of limitations expires in April.Some of the plaintiffs filed a similar suit in 2014 but needed to go before the state Medical Inquiry Conciliation Panel before the case could move forward.

The lawsuit comes a month after abuse allegations surfaced at a prestigious Rhode Island boarding school against an athletic trainer and other school employees in the 1970s and 80s.Lawyers for the victims say they've identified at least 40 former students who were molested or raped. Rhode Island state police are also investigating.The $56,000-a-year Middletown school has educated many famous names including Prescott Bush, a senator and the father and grandfather of the former presidents Bush.This story originally appeared online in October 2014. I grew up reading Glen Grant’s Chicken Skin Tales as a kid. I often snuck off with my brother’s book, hiding in my room to read ghost stories at night. I got jealous when my brother and cousin snuck out in the middle of the night to Morgan’s Corner, Pali Lookout and other haunted spots on the Island in search of the ghosts I read about. On Sept. 30, I finally went on my first guided ghost tour. Mysteries of Hawai‘i owner Lopaka Kapanui, who worked under the guidance of the late Glen Grant, offered to take me.

I had no luck convincing my co-workers to join me, so I dragged my friends, Dustin and Steve along with me. We met Kapanui by the steps of the main Downtown branch of the Hawai‘i State Library, just a few minutes before 7 p.m. About 30 people were already waiting. We climbed on board a huge tour bus exactly at 7; had I arrived a few minutes later, I would’ve missed the bus. Kapanui doesn’t like to waste any time. Through a microphone, he started telling us stories of a haunting at Stevenson Intermediate School, the legend of the night marchers and the mysterious menehune. Most amateur ghost hunters make the rookie mistake of hanging out at graveyards, hoping to spot an orb or some ghostly figure. Kapanui says hauntings usually occur in places where people died or spent the majority of their lives. I secretly hope we don’t see anything on the tour. Our bus driver navigated up the winding road that leads to the Nu‘uanu Pali State Wayside. He pulled the bus into the entrance.

The Pali Lookout is gorgeous during the daytime, with sweeping views of the Ko‘olau Mountain Range and coastline. But at night, it’s dark and spooky. One of the bloodiest battles in Hawai‘i’s history occurred at the Pali Lookout, where King Kamehameha I united the Hawaiian Islands. Kamemehameha’s warriors forced Maui chief Kalanikupule’s men to their deaths off the cliff. An estimated 400 warriors died in the battle, and their ghosts are said to haunt the Pali at night. But they aren’t the only ones known to haunt the place. Before leading us inside the lookout, Kapanui recited a Hawaiian chant as a sign of respect to those who have died here. Kapanui usually offers a Hawaiian chant at haunted places, asking the spirits for permission to enter. I got goosebumps when Kapanui said it’s supposed to protect our group from harm. Earlier on the bus, Kapanui had asked if anyone in our group brought char siu bao, SPAM musubi or any other pork-related products with them.

When no one answered, Kapanui suggested stopping by a 7-Eleven to pick up some pork products. Immediately, some people in our group answered a resounding “no.” It’s a well-known Hawaiian legend that you’re not supposed to carry pork over the Pali from the windward to the leeward side, especially at night. That’s because the pig god Kamapua‘a lives on the windward side, and his ex-girlfriend, volcano goddess Pele lives on the leeward side. Because of a dispute, they agreed not to bother each other, Kapanui says. Taking pork from one side to the other side would symbolically break that agreement. Some drivers have claimed their cars mysteriously stalled on the highway, but started up after they threw the pork product out the window. I had no intention of testing the legend myself. But others have tried to. In early November 2007, local news reporter Walter Makaula said he wanted to bust the legend. Makaula and Kapanui stopped by a 7-Eleven to pick up manapua and pork hash.

They took their new purchases to the Pali Lookout at night. Kapanui handed Makaula the food and instructed him to walk down the path with the dim sum. “It’s your news report, go do it,” Kapanui recalls telling the Makaula. While carrying the pork items, Makaula got chicken skin when he stopped at the invisible line from the windward to the leeward side. Kapanui yelled at him to put the food on the ground. As soon as Makaula dropped the items—their flashlights died. A few seconds later their flashlights came alive. As they walked back to the car, Makaula turned around and shined his light on the food. “I swear it looked like the two pieces of pork hash were now missing, but there was no way I was going back for a closer look,” Makaula said in his news report. The story aired on KHNL on Nov. 7, 2007. After that incident, Kapanui says he returned to the lookout to offer an apology. “Because there is something very real about that pork over the Pali,” he says.

In 2001, Kapanui brought a group to visit the Mānoa Chinese Cemetery’s haunted tree. He explained to them that swirling fireballs would appear according to the mood of people there. When Kapanui noticed a girl sitting alone by a tree, he asked if she was OK. The girl told Kapanui she was afraid something bad would happen if she went inside the tree. The night before joining the tour, her boyfriend dumped her for another girl, who was standing underneath the haunted tree. “It’s my sister,” Kapanui recalls her saying. “I’m afraid if I go in there with everything that’s in my heart, she will probably drop dead. If you don’t mind, I’ll sit out here.” Later, something terrible did happen—at the Pali Lookout. “The story never made the newspapers, but for some reason it just became too much,” Kapanui tells us. “And that poor girl from McKinley High School came out here and jumped to her death.” Good thing her boyfriend was stupid, Kapanui says.

About a year later, Charlie brought his new girlfriend to the Pali Lookout for a nighttime make out session. They take a walk around, before heading back to the car. They stop at the edge of the lookout to hug, kiss and admire the sparkling city lights. The boy freezes when he hears a distant voice, calling out his name, “Charlie.  The girlfriend asks, “Did you hear that?” “Yeah, who is out here this late at night?” “Down here, Charlie, come down,” the mysterious voice says. Frightened, Charlie ran away. He jumped in the car and sped off—without his new girlfriend. A few months ago, Charlie’s ex-new girlfriend retold the story to Kapanui when she was on his ghost tour. After that experience at the lookout, she said, Charlie was never seen or heard from again. “Ladies, if you are seriously wanting to find out if your boyfriend is being unfaithful, you should all walk down this way pass that point,” says Kapanui, pointing towards the edge of the cliff.