BOISE (ID)
7KTVB
February 8, 2018
By Dean Johnson
Some neighbors are calling on St. Mary’s Parish to evict Father W. Thomas Faucher, who’s facing multiple felony counts of sexual exploitation of a child.
BOISE – A retired Boise priest facing multiple felony counts of sexual exploitation of a child bonded out of the Ada County Jail Tuesday night, the Ada County Sheriff’s Office confirmed.
Sheriff’s office spokesman Patrick Orr said Father W. Thomas Faucher – a retired priest at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Boise – bonded out at around 6 p.m. His bond was set at $250,000.
Some neighbors are now calling on his landlord, Saint Mary’s Parish, to evict him.
Those neighbors are aware of an Idaho law that says, if a landlord has reasonable grounds to believe any person is or has been engaged in the unlawful delivery, production or use of a controlled substance on the leased premises, the landlord can move to evict that tenant.
Father Faucher was also charged with possession of marijuana and ecstasy, which some of Faucher’s neighbors say gives the church grounds to evict him.
“Shock and surprise and fear are always the first feelings I think you have,” Wendy Wong said.
Wong has lived just a few doors down from Father Faucher for more than a decade.
“There’s not a ton that we can do as a neighborhood,” Wong said.
Wong feels St. Mary’s, the church Faucher has a rental lease agreement with, should evict him. She cites the fact that they live just a couple of blocks away from Cynthia Mann Elementary School in northwest Boise. Wong also claims the charges of possession of marijuana and ecstasy warrant an eviction.
“I think it is unfair of the landlord to say because he pays rent he can stay. I know there are other ways to get a tenant out that have nothing to do with rent and I would like to make sure that we’re at least exploring all of those options before we decide that this is where he needs to be,” Wong said.
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