Foxborough Official Assures Alleged Abuse Victims Town will Not Fail Them Again
Foxborough Board of Selectmen chair James DeVellis told the alleged sexual abuse victims of a former Foxborough employee the town is “turning over every stone and file cabinet” in search of the truth.
As more light sheds on the allegations against William E. Sheehan, four of his alleged victims have come forward to ask town officials how the former Foxborough educator and community leader was able to allegedly abuse young boys for nearly 20 years without detection, according to a recent article in the Boston Globe. Globe correspondent Michele Morgan Bolton reported in Tuesday’s story, “Alleged abuse victims seek Foxborough response” that four alleged victims of Sheehan “called Monday for the town of Foxborough to investigate past management practices” to bring to light how Sheehan was allegedly able to sexually abuse at least 23 children in Foxborough from 1963-1981. “There has been a deafening silence from Town Hall,’’ the men told …
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