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Oprah Winfrey has once again shown her secret to success by meeting with the family of the first student to complain of abuse at her elite school for disadvantaged South African girls, and invited the girl to return to the academy.

A dormitory matron, who has been accused of indecent assault and criminal injury against six students aged 13-15 and a 23-year-old fellow dormitory matron, is to be charged in court next month. She has said she is innocent.

Last month, Winfrey said school officials tried to hide the facts from her. She said she would not be renewing the contract of the suspended headmistress, who denies she knew about the abuse, and indicated other staff also would be dismissed.

People quoted the pupil's father, whom it did not name, as saying the meeting was very emotional and he is happy his daughter has been invited to return to the school.

 Her full disclosure of this incident on the Oprah Winfrey Show and other media outlets is an example of damage control at its best. OPRAH the Secret has always been her integrity.