(MA) Parents file lawsuit ... alleging gym teacher abused middle school student in mid-2000s
A Duxbury couple on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the local school district and a gym teacher, alleging the instructor repeatedly raped their son inside Duxbury Middle School in the mid-2000s, creating a life of torment for the boy that ended when he died of a drug overdose at the age of 27.
The 14-page civil complaint was filed in Plymouth Superior Court by an attorney for Joseph Foley and Melissa Foley, whose son, Joseph Parker Foley, suffered a fatal overdose in October 2020, records show. The suit names the Duxbury Public Schools and the gym teacher, John Blake, as defendants.
Blake also served as the Duxbury boys varsity hockey coach from 2003 until he was suspended in 2020, and school officials say they’ve launched termination proceedings. Duxbury police said they investigated but “ultimately found that charges could not be brought forward because the alleged victim in the case was deceased.”
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/03/31/metro/parents-file-lawsuit-against-duxbury-public-schools-alleging-abuse-middle-school-student-by-gym-teacher/
