PORTLAND (ME)
Portland Press Herald
December 1, 2017
By Eric Russell
The allegations of Michael Doherty, formerly of Freeport, nearly two decades ago got Talbot fired from Cheverus High School and led more victims to come forward.
When he returned home to Maine recently, Michael Doherty didn’t expect to face the man he says sexually assaulted him back in the mid-’80s.
Doherty, 49, formerly of Freeport, settled a lawsuit 16 years ago with former priest and Cheverus High School teacher James Francis Talbot.
Doherty now lives in Florida.
But on Friday, he was in a courtroom in Portland waiting for Talbot to formally face criminal charges of abuse involving another victim.
Asked why it was important for him to be there, Doherty said he didn’t want the victim, or his family, to feel like they were alone.
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