CHELSEA -- The I-Team tracked down Eric Johnson, the superintendent of the Chelsea Soldier's Home but he refused to talk about the Inspector General's letter blasting his leadership and the conditions at the home.
Johnson was put out on leave last year, amid allegations of sexual harassment and bullying. He was back on the job months later. Now the Inspector General is raising new concerns about his honesty and claims by employees of retaliation.
In a letter sent to MaryLou Sudders, the Health and Human Services Secretary, the I.G. slammed the Baker administration for failing to take action to protect veterans at the Chelsea Home, saying they knew about the problems and did nothing about it.
The letter details dozens of reports from 2022 including one from the state's own inspectors that found, "rooms in the Domiciliary were in 'terrible' condition, with feces, dead rodents, dirt and bugs present. These conditions point to a catastrophic failure of the Home's leadership."
Another report said veterans at the Home had been found lying "soaked in urine and sitting in feces."
Eric Sheehan ran the Home in 2021 and was later promoted to Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs. The I-Team first talked to Sheehan last summer when the former Marine said he was fired after repeatedly raising questions about the care and management in Chelsea and Holyoke.
Sheehan told the I-Team he has thousands of documents and emails to prove it, calling what the IG found "disgusting. It truly is....
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