MASSACHUSETTS
Boston Globe
By John R. Ellement GLOBE STAFF DECEMBER 13, 2016
A former Rhode Island Episcopal priest is due in a Boston courtroom Tuesday to face sexual assault charges dating back to the 1970s when he allegedly assaulted a teenager during trips to the Boston area.
Howard White was indicted on five counts of assault and battery for assaulting the victim, who was 16 years old at the time, according to Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley’s office. Prosecutors said White’s nickname was “Howdy.’’
White, 75, is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday in Suffolk Superior Court.
While White is accused of sexually assaulting the teenager, Conley’s office said in a statement that the crime of indecent assault and battery did not exist in the 1970s.
White is also facing charges some four decades after the alleged crimes because he never lived in Massachusetts, meaning the statute of limitations never started to run, Conley’s office said.
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