Child sexual abuse is preventable
For too long, we have approached the issue of child abuse by focusing on what to do after abuse has already occurred.
By Suzin Bartley, Joan Lovely, and Maria MossaidesUpdated May 18, 2021, 3:00 a.m.
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Melissa and Joe Foley, the parents of Parker Foley. The Foleys recently filed a lawsuit against John Blake, the Duxbury men s hockey coach and middle school phys ed teacher, alleging that he repeatedly raped their son in the mid-2000s. Parker died of a drug overdose last October.Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff
Children have the right to be safe from being sexually abused at school. According to a lawsuit recently filed by Melissa and Joe Foley, the parents of a Duxbury student alleging his middle-school gym teacher repeatedly raped him, the child was denied that right. And Duxbury isnât alone.