Earlier this month, the Boston Globe reported that one of its male journalists had been pressured into resigning following allegations sexual misconduct. While the article referenced his resignation, the Globe declined to name the reporter.

A new report by Commonwealth Magazine this week says sources familiar with the situation identified the Globe employee as State House political reporter Jim O'Sullivan. Last week, prior to the magazine's report, WGBH reported O'Sullivan as an accused Globe employee.

The Globe, which has extensively covered news on the wave of sexual harassment and assault claims made against powerful figures, did not name the reporter who resigned. The publication's reasoning, according to an article by the Globe, was "because his alleged conduct did not involve physical contact, threats, or persistent harassment, and editors determined it is highly unlikely the newspaper would have identified the accused, or written about his conduct, if this situation had arisen at another private company."

In the article, published on Dec. 8, the newspaper included several paragraphs mentioning the unidentified reporter's resignation within a longer feature about how media outlets address sexual misconduct in the age of the #MeToo movement.

The article reported a female employee in her 20s filed a complaint against the unidentified Globe reporter last March. The complaint alleged the reporter used vulgar sexual language and proposed she have sex with his wife, according to the Globe. After "additional accusations emerged from outside the company," the newspaper pressured the reporter to resign.

Sources reportedly told CommonWealth Magazine that a Boston Globe journalist investigating sexual harassment on Beacon Hill in recent months had learned of O'Sullivan's misconduct, which upon investigating, led that reporter to alert Globe editor Brian McGrory in mid-November.

That story's timeline aligns with the CommonWealth's report that O'Sullivan's last byline was published on Nov. 17. In recent weeks, O'Sullivan had reported on stories about sexual harassment policies within political bodies.

On the afternoon of Friday, Dec. 8, when the Globe published its article revealing the unspecified resignation, Jim O'Sullivan's profile disappeared from the newspaper's online staff list. Hyperlinks also vanished from his digital bylines.

"Quite simply, the transgressions would not meet our standards for a reportable event if they happened at another company," Globe Editor Brian McGrory said in a letter circulated to staff, defending the newspaper's decision to keep the reporter's case confidential.

"To all our knowledge, nobody was physically touched; no one was persistently harassed; there were no overt threats. We're covering it because we're applying an extra measure of transparency to ourselves."

President of MassINC Polling Group Steve Koczela shared McGrory's full letter in a tweet.