Prosecutor: Retired Boise priest had porn of sexual abuse of infants, toddlers

BOISE (ID)
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February 5, 2018

By Katie Terhune

Father W. Thomas Faucher, 72, faces 12 counts of sexual exploitation of a child, as well as additional charges for possession of marijuana and ecstasy.

Police who raided the home of a retired priest at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Boise discovered “very graphic” child pornography, some depicting children as young as infants being sexually abused, prosecutors said.

Father W. Thomas Faucher, 72, faces 12 counts of sexual exploitation of a child, as well as additional charges for possession of marijuana and ecstasy. Two of the sexual exploitation charges are related to the distribution of child pornography, although Faucher is not accused of creating any of the disturbing images he allegedly shared.

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