MASSACHUSETTS
WPRI
[with video]
By Nancy Krause
Reporting by Sean Daly
ATTLEBORO, Mass. (WPRI) — The principal of an Attleboro school accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting a female student over several years admitted to the allegations, according a police report obtained by Eyewitness News.
The Rev. Jeffrey Nichols, 47, pleaded not guilty to several charges against him, including aggravated indecent assault and battery on a child under 14.
According to the police report, a student told officers Nichols, a principal at Grace Baptist Christian Academy and assistant pastor at Grace Baptist Church, began assaulting her in 2008 – when she was a 13-year-old seventh grader – until June of 2013.
The report stated the student told police Nichols exposed himself to her several times, touched her inappropriately and frequently asked her for sexual favors. She told police she “continually denied his requests for sexual favors.”
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