MASSACHUSETTS
Foxboro Reporter
By Frank Mortimer
Published: Thursday, May 16, 2013
Selectman James DeVellis’s May 7 testimony at the Statehouse and a H.U.G.S. sexual violence prevention forum the next night in Foxboro drove home the urgency — and some means — of protecting those who are vulnerable to exploitation.
Underscoring that prevention of abuse is better than seeking justice long after the damage is done, Rev. Bill Dudley is frustrated that a heartbreaking local abuse case remains unresolved.
Dudley has been providing advocacy and emotional support for men reporting they were abused as children decades ago by Foxboro teacher, recreation swim director and scout leader William E. Sheehan.
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