Academia

WCVB reports that a girls’ basketball coach has been accused of sexual abuse and assault at a prior school. You can read the story here: https://www.wcvb.com/article/mystic-valley-coach-accused-of-sexual-abuse-at-prior-school/23008052

This is one of the more important blog posts I have written in a long time.  It tells the tale of two grown men, William “Bill” Howcroft and a man we will call “Frank” (to protect his identity), who were sexually abused as boys by a janitor at their school, the now-closed Adams Memorial Junior […]

The New York Times reports that the allegations against Robert Ward, the former headmaster at The Williston Northampton School, add to a small but growing number of claims against top leaders at some of New England’s most prestigious prep schools. The Williston Northampton School, a private boarding school in Western Massachusetts, named this week its […]

A former youth hockey coach accused of sexually assaulting one of his young players in the 1990s pleaded not guilty in Suffolk Superior Court to the charges against him, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office. Robert Richardson, 61, of Dorchester, was indicted on three counts of child rape, authorities said. The alleged abuse […]

A former student at a Massachusetts preparatory school has filed a federal lawsuit alleging he was sexually abused by a faculty member while on athletic trips to Connecticut in the 1980s. The former Deerfield Academy student names the school and its former golf and squash coaches as defendants in the lawsuit, which was filed in […]

A group of Harvard professors has condemned the University’s new policies on sexual assault, saying it violates the rights of the accused. You can read about it here.

A student at Framingham State University reported to police that she was sexually assaulted. The alleged assaults happened at a late September party at an off-campus residence and in the on-campus room of an acquaintance, police said. Four male students have been suspended and restricted from campus pending an investigation. In September 2012, four Framingham […]

Boston Globe delves into story of former Emerson college student accusing the school of botching an investigation into her rape case.

A Somerville teacher was charged with raping a 13-year-old student after authorities said the victim’s mother saw disturbing online communications. “The idea that a teacher would use their position of authority to manipulate an impressionable young teenager is unsettling and alarming,” Middlesex District Attorney Marian T. Ryan said. Alexandra Romanos, 41, of Stoneham, a fifth-grade […]

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS reports that a custodian at a Chicopee high school has been charged with offering a male student drugs, money and an iPhone in exchange for sexual favors. Timothy Lynch is free on $5,000 bail after pleading not guilty to charges including indecent assault and battery on a child, assault to rape a […]

The Associated Press reports that a 14-year-old Massachusetts boy used an object to sexually assault his popular high school algebra teacher before killing and robbing her. Philip Chism has been held without bail since shortly after the Oct. 22 slaying of 24-year-old Colleen Ritzer, whose body was found behind Danvers High School after she never […]

The Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) is encouraging parents and guardians to learn more about child sexual abuse with a new publication, Protecting Your Child from Sexual Abuse, a collaborative effort with Massachusetts Citizens for Children (MCC). As reports of child sexual abuse increase at Massachusetts schools and with the Penn State and church pedophile scandals […]

Good piece in the NY Times about rape on college campuses and how Amherst College is making changes in light of a recent newspaper article by a rape victim.

A Boston Children’s Hospital endocrinologist and former medical director of Phillips Academy in Andover was charged in federal court Thursday with receiving child pornography after more then 500 photographs and at least 60 DVDs were found during a search of his ­Andover home, federal prosecutors said, and as reported by the Boston Globe. Dr. Richard […]

The Boston Globe reports today that Stephen Embry has filed a sexual abuse lawsuit against Harvard University, contending he was repeatedly molested by a swimming coach at the campus from 1969 to 1972. The alleged abuse began when Embry, now 55, was barely 12. Embry, along with his lawyer, Carmen Durso, also asserts that Harvard […]

A bounce at a Norton sports bar has been released on $5,000 bail after pleading not guilty to raping a Wheaton College student at the establishment. Paul Panaikas of Taunton is accused of raping the student at the Sportsway Café on Feb. 2. Prosecutors said at his arraignment Wednesday that he pushed the woman into […]

A Suffolk Superior Court judge will decide whether to dismiss a lawsuit against Children’s Hospital Boston, after hearing arguments this week on the suit filed on behalf of 11 people who say they were abused by pediatrician Melvin Levine, when he worked in North Carolina. Levine, who has been accused of sexually abusing dozens of […]

A former Waltham Public Schools student has filed a lawsuit alleging that a former Waltham High School principal failed to act on prior reports of sexual abuse by a teacher that could have prevented the teacher from abusing him. Patch.com reports that former student and alleged victim, Michael Phillips Jr., in the lawsuit filed in […]

The Boston Globe reports that the principal of the King K-8 School in Dorchester never alerted state authorities that a teacher’s aide may have had inappropriate contact with a student last spring. Massachusetts law requires school employees to report suspicions of child abuse to the state Department of Children and Families, but that law may […]

Boston University leading hockey scorer Corey Trivino, who was drafted by the New York Islanders in 2008, was arrested Sunday night and faces multiple charges stemming from an incident with a female student, the student newspaper BU Today reported Tuesday. Men’s hockey coach Jack Parker dismissed Trivino, a senior forward, from the team. “He is […]

AMHERST, Mass. – Everywoman’s Center ( EWC ) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has been awarded a three-year, $112,000 grant to provide outreach, counseling and sexual assault prevention education in the rural communities of Hampshire County. EWC is partnering with the state Department of Public Health, which was awarded more than $1 million by […]