SOMERVILLE (MA)
Boston Herald
By Richard Weir
Saturday, September 8, 2012
An Episcopal priest was arrested yesterday on charges he sexually assaulted a Somerville parishioner over a 10-year span that allegedly began when the young boy was in elementary school, prosecutors said.
The Rev. Paul A. LaCharite, 65, former longtime rector of St. James Episcopal Church near Teele Square, turned himself in to Somerville police who booked him on one count of assault to rape a child and three counts of indecent assault and battery on a child. He faces life in prison if convicted.
LaCharite left St. James in 2005 after 16 years and recently served as priest associate at the Old North Church in Boston’s North End. …
The Rev. Canon Mally Lloyd of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts said church leaders were not aware of the investigation until learning of the priest’s arrest.
She added: “We take these allegations very seriously. … We don’t know who the victim is but we offer our apologies. It’s a terrible thing to happen to any child and family.”
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