Crime & Safety

Red Sox Suspended Danvers Man Accused Of Rape: Report

Stephen Murphy of Danvers worked as a clubhouse attendant before being charged with 26 counts of aggravated felonious assault last July.

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Stephen Murphy, 50, of Danvers, and Jeffrey Buskey of Boston​, are accused of beating and sexually assaulting a boy​ when they worked as youth counselors at the Sununu Youth Services Center in Manchester​, NH in the late 1990s.
Stephen Murphy, 50, of Danvers, and Jeffrey Buskey of Boston​, are accused of beating and sexually assaulting a boy​ when they worked as youth counselors at the Sununu Youth Services Center in Manchester​, NH in the late 1990s. (Dave Copeland/Patch)

DANVERS, MA — The Boston Globe is reporting that the Boston Red Sox suspended a clubhouse attendent from Danvers who was charged with 26 counts of aggravated felonious assault in July. Stephen Murphy, 50, of Danvers, and Jeffrey Buskey of Boston, are accused of beating and sexually assaulting a boy when they worked as youth counselors at the Sununu Youth Services Center in Manchester, NH in the late 1990s.

"When we learned of the allegations against Stephen Murphy involving events that occurred prior to his Red Sox employment, he was suspended without pay from his position. We will have no further comment going forward," spokesman Kevin Gregg told the newspaper.

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