In 1973, one of Prince Andrew’s closest friends co-founded a boarding school for boys in rural Ontario.
His name was Reverend Keith Gleed.
“He was a pedophile who preyed on vulnerable young students and took his secret to the grave—only to have the truth exposed, ironically enough, because of Andrew’s well-intentioned efforts to enshrine his memory.”
Maclean’s, “How a royal gift exposed sexual abuse at an elite Canadian school,” October 12, 2017
His co-founder was the Vice-President of Ford Motor Company of Canada.
The Airborne Regiment was disbanded for torturing a teenager to death in Somalia. Robert Land Academy hired its soldiers and built it a museum.
For 48 years, no one stopped them.
These are the police officers that sat on the board of Robert Land Academy

Bill Park
NRPS Inspector · Board Director

Donna Moody
NRPS Deputy Chief · Board Member

Rob Wright
NRPS Superintendent · Board Chair

Beth Milliard
York Regional Police · Board Member

Murray Rodd
Peterborough Chief · Board Member
These are some of the men that were hired to operate it

Serge LeClerc
Manslaughter · $40M Drug Trafficking

Mark Boland
Somalia Affair · Torture-Death of Shidane Arone, 16

Vincent Giovannini
Assault · Broke Both Legs of a 14-Year-Old Student

Jonathon Ahlstedt
Child Luring · Child Pornography · 8 Charges

Craig Routery
Child Luring · Child Pornography

Kevin Burrows
Importing Child Pornography

Paul Zahra
Assault Causing Bodily Harm · Broke Victim’s Jaw

David Bird
Theft Over $5,000 · 3-Year Sentence

Wayne Mackness
Fraud · 5 Counts
“Police get calls for runaways from the academy about once a month.”
The Hamilton Spectator, March 10, 1998
“From my standpoint, it’s not significant.”
Det.-Sgt. Graham Barnes, Halton Region Police
“Robert Land Academy is now facing over 200 lawsuits alleging physical, psychological and sexual abuse”
Matthew LeFave
All of it the dream of one man.
“The enrollment and retention challenges were not in any way related to the allegations.”
Robert Land Academy, letter to The Walrus editors, May 2025
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