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Nobody who has ever met a high schooler could be OK with this.

Kevin Berner told Braintree police that a nude photo of his 12-year-old son was circulating among other schoolchildren. Berner and his wife have been on a journey since, fighting for accountability.

Massachusetts has fallen behind dozens of other states that have passed stricter laws to protect kids from abuse, an investigation finds.

GREENFIELD — The Children’s Advocacy Center of Franklin County and North Quabbin, the Franklin Regional Council of Governments and the Communities That Care Coalition will host a forum on preventing child sexual abuse at Greenfield Middle School on...

Package includes provisions to keep suspected predators from job-hopping between districts.

Legislation would close loopholes with the age of consent and screen prospective school employees, speakers and lawmakers said Thursday.

"Its like theyre wounded twice," a parent said.

Charges against a former Brookline teacher have reignited discussions about what is needed to prevent sexual abuse from happening in schools.

"Our legislation will be considered model legislation in the country," one advocate says.