Crime & Safety

Seekonk Man Sentenced for Raping 14-Year-Old Girls

Patrick Doyle admitted to raping the two student while he was a teacher at Taunton High School.

A Seekonk man was sentenced to 5 to 7 years in prison for raping two 14-year-old girls.

Patrick Doyle, 36, a former Taunton High School teacher, sexually assaulted the students in 2012.

The Boston Globe reported prosecutors said Doyle flirted with the girls via text messages leading up to the rapes. School officials learned of the text messages and alerted police.

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