School district of clinton township3/2/2024 To get unlimited access to his articles on Somerset and Hunterdon counties, please subscribe or activate your digital account today.The following legislation was passed by Mount Vernon City Council on July 10, 2023, signed by Bruce Hawkins, President of Council, approved by Matthew T. M圜entralJersey is withholding the names of the accusers and the accused in those lawsuits.Įmail: Deak is a reporter for. The teacher in that lawsuit, who was named and is now in his 80s, also has filed suit against the New Jersey Education Association for not providing him with legal representation. In its response to the previous lawsuits, the school district has either denied the charges or stated it is "without knowledge or information sufficient to admit or deny the allegations in this paragraph, and thus must deny them." In the six other cases filed earlier this year, six more students claimed they were abused by another teacher in the 1960s and 1970s. The lawsuits say the students have experienced anxiety, shame, humiliation and confusion as result of the abuse. One student claimed the abuse happened during the fall of 1977 while the other says the abuse occurred in late May and early June 1978. Related: Scotch Plains-Fanwood schools sued over alleged 'serial sexual predator' teacher in 1970sĪccording to the lawsuits, both filed by the law firm of Stark & Stark of Lawrenceville, the students were abused after the teacher invited them to "workout sessions." The students are identified as John Doe-1 and John Doe-2. In the two latest lawsuits, the students, now both 57, alleged they were abused by a teacher only identified by initials. The school district is now facing eight lawsuits alleging middle school students were sexually abused by two teachers in the 1970s. The lawsuits were filed in Superior Court in Flemington on Monday, one day before the deadline for filing civil sex abuse lawsuits, after the state suspended the statute of limitations for two years. Watch Video: COVID-19: First omicron variant case discovered in US in CaliforniaĬLINTON TOWNSHIP - Two more former students have filed lawsuits against the school district, claiming they were sexually abused by a teacher decades ago.
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