MASSACHUSETTS
Lowell Sun
By Lisa Redmond, lredmond@lowellsun.comlowellsun.com
Updated: 09/14/2012
STOUGHTON — Charges have been dropped against a suspended priest, formerly from St. Mary’s Parish in Chelmsford, who was accused of groping a man at a rest area in Canton two years ago.
The Norfolk District Attorney’s Office officially dropped a charge of indecent assault and battery against “Father Mike,” the Rev. Emile Boutin Jr., 47, on July 29 in Stoughton District Court after Boutin’s accuser refused to testify against the priest, according to Norfolk DA spokesman David Traub.
“The victim asked the commonwealth that he not be compelled to testify,” Traub said.
The 21-year-old victim alleged that Boutin, a co-pastor at the Blessed Sacrament in Walpole, followed him into a wooded area behind the Route 138 Park and Ride lot at about 8:30 a.m. on June 28, 2010, and grabbed him inappropriately while the victim was trying to urinate.
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