MARION (MA)
WCVB - ABC 5 [Boston MA]
August 21, 2026
By Karen Anderson
A former English teacher at Tabor Academy, a private boarding and day school in Marion, was arraigned this week on multiple charges of rape.
Nannie Clough, 57, was arraigned Monday in Brockton Superior Court on 12 counts of rape and one count of intimidating a witness, court records show. A plea of not guilty was entered on all the charges, and Clough was released without bail.
Attorneys for the alleged victim told 5 Investigates that Clough was an English teacher at Tabor at the time and the alleged victim, a female, was her student.
Clough, now in Colorado, is accused of raping the alleged victim between 1996 — the girl’s sophomore year — and 1999, according to court records and her attorneys.
“The thing that made Clough’s abuse so particularly insidious is that she first groomed and manipulated our female client, welcoming her into her home and taking her on vacation all under the guise of acting as a surrogate mother. Once Clough gained this girl’s absolute trust, she began sexually exploiting her,” said attorney Kristin Knuuttila, who is representing the alleged victim.
Howard Cooper, an attorney for Clough, said in a statement that “Ms. Clough has denied all allegations and expects to be fully vindicated.”
Tabor Academy is a co-educational school that now enrolls just over 500 students and boasts of having a strong maritime heritage.
The school issued the following statement about the case:
“With a commitment to student safety, Tabor Academy previously engaged a nationally recognized firm to perform an external investigation into reports of historical sexual misconduct. The primary focus of the investigation was to identify and support members of our community who experienced sexual misconduct by a Tabor employee during their time at the school.
“In 2022, the school shared a summary of findings from that investigation with our community. No employees who had committed misconduct were named in the summary in order to protect the identity of the former students and witnesses who participated in the investigation. Our school expressed its deepest apologies that these members of our community experienced any type of misconduct or abuse. Tabor also advised its community that the school completed additional work to ensure a safe living and learning environment for all members of the community.
“While we do not have any additional information to share, the school encourages anyone who has information about employee misconduct or abuse to share that information with us so that we can promptly take appropriate action including notifying authorities, investigating as needed, providing support, and communicating with our community.”