Press Statement — 1/23/2022

Daniel J. Murphy, of the Murphy Law Group statement on behalf of William Fahey in response to the Nixon Peabody Report.

It is our view that the Nixon Peabody Investigation and Report was commissioned by the Town of Andover to target Bill Fahey in response to the lawsuit that he brought against the Town and Andrew Flanagan.  We disagree with the findings and conclusions in the Report.  The Report focuses on funds donated to the Andover Youth Foundation by the Hurston Family Foundation for the purpose of rewarding people who worked above, beyond, and outside of their duties at Andover Youth Services.  That is the way in which the money was used.  This was made clear by the statement issued by the Andover Youth Foundation which is appended to the Report.  Over the course of his tenure, Bill led the effort to raise over 5 million dollars for the youth of Andover. The Town now wants to suggest that he engaged in wrongdoing because, in a very transparent manner, he was awarded on average just over $3,000 a year by the Foundation over a five year period of time, for his efforts outside of AYS.   Neither Bill Fahey nor AYF did anything that was illegal or unethical.  The Town should be embarrassed by its obvious motive and efforts to further destroy the work and reputation of Bill Fahey.