"No One Can Destroy My Dream"

Oprah Winfrey held a live video conference with South Africa on Monday to address the recent child abuse controversy at her all-girls academy.

The talk show titan said she is making major changes at the school.

“We are removing the dorm parents, and as I have said to the girls, (we are) cleaning house from top to bottom,” said Winfrey. “My experience with child predators is that no one ever, ever abuses just one child.”

Of the whole experience, Oprah shares, “It has shaken me to my core. When I first heard about it I spent about a half-hour going around my house crying.

Though she said she was not responsible for hiring at the school, Winfrey said the screening process was inadequate and “the buck always stops with me.”

“What I know is is that no one – not the accused nor any persons – can destroy the dream that I have held and the dream that each girl continues to hold for herself at the school,” Oprah said at the news conference. “And I am prepared to do whatever is necessary to make sure that the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls becomes a safe and nurturing and enriched setting that I have envisioned, a place capable of fostering a full measure of these girls’ productivity, creativity and of their humanity.”