The Board of Man­age­ment of Holy Name Con­vent Port of Spain has an­nounced an in­de­pen­dent re­view process fol­low­ing con­cerns and ex­pe­ri­ences pub­licly shared in re­cent days re­gard­ing al­le­ga­tions against prin­ci­pal Sis­ter Re­nee Hall.

The move comes days af­ter back­lash on­line, where for­mer and cur­rent stu­dents ac­cused Sis­ter Re­nee of emo­tion­al abuse and mis­treat­ment fol­low­ing a Moth­er’s Day pro­file cel­e­brat­ing her 25-year ca­reer at the school and her “spir­i­tu­al moth­er­hood” to­wards stu­dents.

The Board said the com­mit­tee will be chaired by Vin­cent Per­ri­era and in­cludes pro­fes­sion­als from psy­chol­o­gy, in­dus­tri­al re­la­tions, com­pli­ance, gov­er­nance, and in­sti­tu­tion­al lead­er­ship.