A sexual assault victim’s name appeared on a Mass. town website. How did that happen?

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A sexual assault victim’s name appeared on a Mass. town website. How did that happen?

Hopkinton, a small town west of Boston, was rocked by allegations earlier this year that a sergeant in its police department had known for more than a decade that a former deputy police chief had a sexual relationship with a high school student and failed to disclose it to his superiors.As officials in the town sought to provide transparency to the community, they mistakenly publicized the name of the woman who was assaulted, causing what an inv…