(Mass) Former Hudson middle school teacher charged with raping student
A former Hudson middle school teacher pleaded not guilty Friday to charges she repeatedly raped a 13-year-old girl a decade ago after meeting her at the school where she worked and where the child was a seventh-grader. Caitlin Harding, 37, of Wellesley, was arraigned via Zoom in Middlesex Superior Court on one count of rape of a child by force, three counts of aggravated rape of a child, and six counts of indecent assault and battery of a child under 14.
She is accused of sexually assaulting the child multiple times in 2010, according to a statement of the case filed by prosecutors in Middlesex Superior Court Friday. Harding met the girl when she was in her sixth-grade class at Hudson’s John F. Kennedy Middle School, which closed at the end of the 2013 school year.
When the girl was in seventh-grade, Harding began seeing her socially outside of school, according to prosecutors. During the summer of 2010, before the girl started eighth grade, Harding allegedly changed their relationship into a sexual one during a trip to get ice cream, prosecutors said.
Harding’s former wife told police that Harding spent a lot of time with the child during the summer of 2010, according to prosecutors, who added that the former wife had reported seeing a text message in which Harding had declared her love to the child.
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