Two students from St. John's-Ravenscourt School have been expelled. The head of the school, Stephen Johnson, said that the actions of the students expelled did not fall within SJR's code of conduct.

"We don't tolerate abuse," said Johnson. School officials sent letters home to parents about the situation.

Johnson said the private school must have justification to expel students, but he wouldn't explain the reasons in this case.

Officials would only describe it as organized bullying against several victims, all of them male boarding students in Grade 8 through Grade 10.

A total of four students were suspended after the accusations of abuse first surfaced last week. Two of those students, including an 18-year-old, were expelled.

One student is from Alberta, while the other is from Asia, said officials.

It's believed the incidents began in September and continued after Christmas.

School officials said it's concerning they didn't know what was going on until a teacher overheard a student talking about it last Wednesday.

Officials said the school will look at mandatory counseling for all boarding students. Johnson told CTV News the school has been following the legal advice of its lawyers.

The two expelled students, meanwhile, were given the option to withdraw from SJR, meaning a withdrawal status will show up on their school records.

On Tuesday, police announced they had launched an investigation led by the child abuse unit into allegations of abuse at the school.

CTV News has learned police are not getting information from the school as quickly as they would like and that access to people police want to talk to has been delayed in the case. There are concerns that it could impact the investigation.

CTV News contacted SJR officials Wednesday afternoon for comment on the matter but had not heard back by Wednesday evening.

- with a report from CTV's Stacey Ashley