A Massachusetts middle school gym teacher accused in a lawsuit of raping a student years ago has been fired, school district officials said.
Duxbury schools Superintendent John Antonucci said during a school committee meeting on Tuesday that Duxbury Middle School teacher John Blake was fired effective April 1 after an internal investigation.
Blake, who was also the varsity boys hockey coach at Duxbury High School for nearly two decades, was placed on administrative leave in November after a couple alleged that he sexually assaulted their son while he was in middle school in the mid-2000s. Joseph and Melissa Foley filed the $1 million lawsuit against Blake and the school district last week.
Duxbury gym teacher sued over sexual abuse allegations is fired
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Before I address the case of the Duxbury High School football team’s play calls during a recent Friday night game that reportedly included the words “rabbi,” “dreydl,” and “Auschwitz,” let me express my condolences for the loss of Joseph Parker Foley, who died of a drug overdose in despair from abuse he allegedly suffered at the hands of his gym teacher and hockey coach, John Blake.
The allegations were made public in a lawsuit filed against Blake by Foley’s parents and reported in the
Boston Globe. Superintendent John Antonucci denied the allegation that the Duxbury school system acted neglectfully when it failed to act on prior allegations, even though officials were aware of Blake’s “questionable behavior” since 2017. “[T]he District has investigated complaints against John Blake for questionable behavior not for sexual abuse as is alleged in the lawsuit made public yesterday,” the district said in a statement. “Not one of th