great, thats just great...... now we have to worry about teachers.

well, he is either stupid or a sicko.... https://twitter.com/tgillheeney

coventry police were right on this one

Uh oh...

What the hell is wrong in Coventry???? My god !!!!!!!! Is everyone going nuts ??????? SCARY .........

He is a sick, sick individual, fired for inappropriate behaviour with students. Congratulations to Coventry PD. Too bad he did not resist arrest so they could have shot the b@st@rd.

@drevil, why exactly was he fired? details?

So glad he was finally fired.

Def should have been fired but the whole gun scenario is complete shit. It wasn't his gun, and its legally owned by someone else who lives there. The tweets referred to a court date that was to occur today. He wouldn't even know how to load that gun if he wanted to. wayyyy overblown story and he's def. Getting f'd over on this one.

Maybe we should start to pray and put GOD back in to schools!!!!! Does anyone notice that bad things are happening more now then ever and it's only going to get worse if God is disregarded even more as years go on! Also mental health needs to be available to everyone!!! These mentally ill people are someone's child, teacher, parent ect.!! What's wrong with prayer?

The kid that shot up the elementary school didnt own that gun either --- so WAY to go CPD!!! Better to over react than wait for something to transpire!

Mitch is completely right about this one. This is overblown, just like every other situation involving coventry police.

Seriously this is redic. He was my teacher in school and i know him personally he is not a threat what so ever and wouldnt hut a fly hes a great father and our children are friends this is a classic example of the bias liberal media...your reactions case and point exactly. He has no criminal backround. Peroid. Why dont you ask CHS students what kind of person and teacher he was...dont jump to conclusions!

Yes mitch exactly...just another hype up the media can use for their anti gun agenda. Even if it was his so what? So what people? If he were to own a gun im sure many other teachers own guns...outside of their profession they are just regular Joes. I just cannot believe how the media has made him look...he's a good teacher i can say personally.

i don't think we are getting the whole story here.

Dont drop the soap.

He was a great teacher. All of his students loved class with him. He made boring topics fairly amusing.

Im sorry, Gillheeney would never do that. Leave the poor guy alone, he got fired, doesnt have a job and lives with his mom. Thats what "dead man walking" stands for?! He hit rock bottom. And that "redemption day" was about the court day so maybe he could in fact still teach. They are blowing this up way out of proportion.

I don't know him, he may be a great teacher and this may be overblown. However, having kids in the Coventry school system I have to say better safe than sorry!! Thanks to the school department and the Coventry PD for taking this seriously.

If this is in fact overblown, let the courts figure that out.

Wow. Teacher was having sex with several 16 year old students-just ask some of the other CHS teachers. This guy is a scumbag who also fathered a child with a former student. Was posting comments about judgement day coming etc. Guess its better to wait and let something bad happen. Good job Coventry PD for getting this loser off the streets!

I've heard many CHS students talk about his innappropriate behavior with his female STUDENTS. Thats just immoral. And I def think theres more to the story...

if he is so awesome, why does he prey on girls that are his students? Isn't that why he way fired? someone that does that is not mature or psychologically stable and the weird tweets showed just how immature he is! my daughter had him for math and he was very weird at the parent teacher conferences.

the innapropriate behavior with students was wrong but seriously the economy is aweful and coventry high school sucked when i was there in 03 ...... and just cause there was a gun in the home doesnt mean anything just another citizen waiting for our government to fall off the deep end..... not everyone who owns a gun wants to hurt people ....

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Having a anykind of relationship besides a teacher to a student is innappropriate. They did the right thing by firing him. As far as everything else is concerned, I dont' know enough of the truth to have an opinion besides to say that if somethng bad had happenned everyone would be saying "they had all this information and did nothing!!". Having a child in the school I'm glad they aired on the side of caution.

You all have absolutely no clue what you are talking about. He is an AMAZING father, person, teacher and a great friend to everyone in his life. The 3-1-13 date was about starting his life over after being fired and a string of other events happening such as his child support case, being officially terminated, etc. He was looking forward to a new beginning. Personally knowing him, I can 1000% say that he is the most unharmful person you'll ever meet. The Coventry PD and Coventry school system should be ashamed of themselves. I'm embarassed to be from this town.

And to those commenting on the child he has with a former student, that was a woman who was his girlfriend and fiancè for almost five years. I know them both and know the truth behind the rumors.

I have sent three children to Coventry High School, 2 boys and a girl. My second son had him for some ridiculous class they called Algebra 3, but was nothing more than Pre-Algebra where they did Sudoku puzzles all year. When my daughter was a senior she signed up for the class and I immediately pulled her out of it because my son warned me about him. THE KIDS HAVE KNOWN FOR YEARS WHAT HE WAS. When I was asked about it by people in the guidance department, I told them that I have heard some pretty disturbing things. I've been told by other parents and grown children now that he has had students over his house and pictures of it appeared on Facebook. Kids may not know better, but aren't we as adults supposed to? Where was the school department in all of this? Where was the accountibility? How long has this been going on? Why has nobody asked these questions?

I hope that the paper follows up on the case and why he was terminated in the first place. I think it is unfair to judge someone without hearing all of the evidence.

Does he have a history of being inappropriate with 16-18 year old girls? Did he really father a child with an ex student? I think all of it should be on the table and if he did have some inappropriate affairs why was he only fired and not arrested on that.

I think the paper and readers need to demand more information. Is the Coventry School Department covering something up.

Does this have anything to do with the DEA, CPD and State Police at the Middle School last with finding drugs in the school... and making arrests. I really am beginning to wonder.

I have been to parties at his house as a student ! Alcohol present. Yes he fathered a child with a student I was in class with her when they were dating.

This loser was put on paid administrative leave due to the fact that their is a senior walking around the school right now pregnant with his child, and as of recently they have proved it so he was fired for breaking his student/teacher oath. Its unfortunate that he has this power over young girls and that they consent to him. He should be considered a sex offender in my eyes. I have nieces and nephews who attend CHS and they have said that he brags about being in a GUN CLUB............so who's to say he can't get ahold of more weapons??? Who knows what he was planning or not I am glad CPD did what they did, I just wish he was locked up until this mess is figured out.

@ Coventry Alumni- stop trying to get a piece of the action. They did not begin dating til 2008, something you would know if you truly were around them. She graduated in 2007, something else you would know if you really were in class with her. You are apart of the problem in this world, spreading rumors because you want to be involved in the situation.

@ Harsh Reality - you are also apart of the problem. All of a sudden because Mr. Gillheeney gets bad publicity you want to stand up and preach about how you knew of his supposed bad behavior, etc. You should be ashamed. You "know" the rumors you hear, not the truths. Please keep your false accusations to yourself.

@ Lisa Bites - He doesn't prey on his female students in the least and anyone that claims that is full of sh*t and trying to pour gasoline on this fire. He was very well loved around CHS because of the teacher he is and the good and caring person he is. He went out of his way to help his students succeed because he truly cares about them doing well. The proof is in the grades and test scores of his students.

@ Mike1 - ask some of the other teachers? Their opinions and what they have to say are full of sh*t also. The entire school system is trying to look like a hero right now when in fact, they are the ones who CAUSED this problem. Every teacher in that building KNOWS that Mr. Gillheeney was a good person and was absolutely beyond a doubt not sleeping with 16 year olds and whatever other dumb rumors we are being made to believe. Just because a "teacher" says something is true, doesn't mean it is.

Am I the only one who has noticed there is no proof of the school or anyone being threatened? The gun was registered to his live-in cousin, and his door was barreled in at 230 am. If you are comfortable with the police in your house based on ambiguity so be it, Im not. As for all the gossip Im not sure of the correlation to the story, I dont think the story or issue is whether or not he should be employed there

These Idiots Saying That This Guy "Would Never Do Anything Bad" Or "He Wouldn't Hurt A Fly" Should Go Spend A Day In New Town CT. He Was Arrested For His Threatening Tweets. The Stuff He Was Tweeting Is Absolutely Cause For Arrest. If The Police Hadn't Arrested Him, All You Morons Would Be On Here Complaining About The Police When He Went Into The School With That Machine Gun And Killed Innocent People. I Can't Believe They Let Him Out On Bail. Do They Really Think He's Not Going To Go Into That School Just Because Some Judge Told Him Not To? And BTW, People Don't Get Fired For No Reason. I Have Never Been Fired From A Job, Because I Do My Job, And Follow The Rules.

Mr. Gillheeney is a truly sincere individual. My daughter was a student of his in 2009-2010. In 2012 he tutored me for my college Algebra course. He went out of his way to help me pass the class; coming to my home because I am disabled.
As to the reason why he was fired... nobody knows the reason why. In none of the stories where there mentions of inappropriate behavior with students. Assumptions are running rampent here. Until the truth is revealed these rumors only cloud perceptions.
If truth be told; there is more than one male teacher having inappropriate relations with students at CHS, and at least one female teacher I know of.
The Tweets on Mr. Gillheeney's account can be construed in any number of ways. For example, "dead man walking" could be in reference to him being exhausted. He has a child for God sakes. "Redemption" is simply what someone feels when they have won a victory over an oppressor. All these things are being taken out of context.
In this country we are innocent until proven guilty. Facts speak for themselves so do not assume we know anything until all is revealed.
I support Mr. Gillheeney.

Oh and of course, he was fired for SUPPOSEDLY sleeping with a student but I can name five or six teachers that have had sex with multiple students in their classrooms or offices, VICE PRINCIPLES INCLUDED!! Word travels fast and all of those teachers are still there, but not Gillheeney? Hmm.. I wonder why. I understand being concerned for your children but do not discuss about what you do not know. “Children may not know better?” These are high school students- young adults! If these kids do not know about self-respect and the birds and the bees, than clearly you need to work on your parenting techniques. Already since 2010, our town has been in the paper for two students stabbing each other, an outbreak of Chlamydia and now this… Either way it is not just a reflection on Gillheeney and his moralities, it is a reflection at how desperate these students are for sex and attention. I love this! The newspaper says something, so it must be true, even though Coventry High is the first school to teach you about propaganda. Ha! “All I need is a stage,” I can think of two songs that have those exact lyrics. In case you guys forgot, many people post songs as statuses. I think you all need to look at yourselves before picking apart others. Students were in line to get into Gillheeney’s classroom, not to have one mass-orgy with their teacher, but to actually love learning for once.

Let us just talk about those cryptic messages... "Dead man walking." Wow- big deal! He has a child, maybe he was tired? Or maybe this was how he felt after he had been fired? Have you never said you felt like a dead man/woman before? And may I just ask how you all feel he was going to walk into the school when he was fired? What was he going to do? Carry a gym bag in through the front door past the bullet proof, glass- enclosed area where the secretary has to buzz you in? Oh yes! I am sure she would just let him walk through no question... I went to Coventry High School and, of course, rumors were spread, but no truth ever came of it. He was one of the few teachers that made class fun and actually cared about his students. Hobin has been waiting to get his hands on him for years! If you would like to discuss the supposed "sleeping with students" bull, here is what I have to say to that, HIGHLY DOUBTFUL. And a senior is pregnant with his child?? So now we can take paternity tests while the baby is in the womb? Really people. If the girl would SUPPOSEDLY sleep with a teacher, what are the chances that her mother taught her right and she kept her legs closed on a day to day basis? I made it through high school just fine without sleeping with my teachers because I was taught to respect myself.

“Pretty much,” you guys need to get a life. Oh no! I said pretty much, this must mean that I too plan to shoot innocent students...

I went to Coventry High School, I graduated in 2006. Mr. Gillheeney, including a handful of teachers there also including a certain Vice Principal have all acted very inappropriate around ladies in that school. Of course most of these girls were dressing inappropriately to begin with; honestly they were whores let me just clarify that. I think the parents for these girls are also very much to blame they are very much responsible for raising such low class woman, I'm disgusted with attending such a school. Parents are suppose to know what their kids are up to and the fact that this has been going on even when I started attending the school in 2002. 10 years? It takes 10 years for an Adult to understand the fucking situation!?, the problem is not just a Teacher diddling kids in high school. The problem is you raised a town whore and your putting the responsibility where it DOES NOT FUCKING APPLY. THESE ARE CONSENTING TEENAGERS NO ONE FORCED THEM TO BE INVITED TO PARTY AT A TEACHERS HOUSE WHERE ALCOHOL AND DRUGS ARE PRESENT.

WAKE THE FUCK UP PEOPLE.