MASSACHUSETTS
Boston Globe
By Danny McDonald GLOBE STAFF
MAY 06, 2018
A former teacher fired from an elite Cambridge school over sexual abuse allegations in the 1980s committed suicide last month, according to his death certificate.
Edward “Ted” Washburn, who pleaded guilty to raping his 13-year-old nephew in 1987 and received a suspended sentence, killed himself on April 6, according to the certificate.
Washburn, 75, of Lexington, had taught at Buckingham Browne & Nichols, a day school that serves prekindergarten through 12th grade in Cambridge.
The 1987 rape case was the biggest scandal in the history of that institution, which was established in 1974 with the merger of two schools that were founded in the 19th century.
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