BOISE (ID)
Idaho Statesman
February 3, 2018
By Michael Katz and David Staats
It is still not clear what the precise charges are against a retired St. Mary’s Catholic Church priest who was arrested Friday by the Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children Unit.
A news release from the Idaho Attorney General’s Office said W. Thomas Faucher, 72, of Boise, was arrested for alleged sexual exploitation of a child, but it’s not known whether that means one count or several. And the law he’s charged under includes a range of crimes, from possessing or sharing “sexually exploitative material” to actually being involved in creating such materials.
Scott Graf, spokesman for the AG’s office, said Friday night and again Saturday that he could not comment further.
Faucher was taken to the Ada County Jail on Friday after authorities obtained a warrant to search his residence. A tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children sparked the investigation, the Idaho Attorney General’s Office said in an after-hours news release.
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