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Former Peabody Gym Teacher Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Students For Over 30 Years
Thirteen former students from two Peabody middle schools have filed a lawsuit citing decades of sexual abuse from their former gym teacher. The lawsuit claims James Toltz, age 80, could have sexually abused up to 150 students at Higgins Middle School and John F. Kennedy Junior High School over 34 years. The suit also criticizes the City of Peabody for not properly training, supervising or discipling Toltz during his time at each school from 1969 to 1996. "Toltz used his position as a means to groom students whom he wished to sexually abuse," the lawsuit says. "Toltz develo…