Posted on 12/21/2018 7:15:00 AM PST by Perseverando
The Rev. W. Thomas Faucher, a longtime priest in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Boise who pleaded guilty to five felony crimes, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison without parole and will be required to register as a sex offender.
Faucher, 73, was accused of amassing thousands of child porn images and videos on his home computer — and pleaded guilty in September to sharing some of those images online. He apologized in the courtroom ahead of his sentencing at the Ada County Courthouse in Boise on Thursday.
“This is the crime that has the potential for both immediate and long-lasting consequences,” 4th District Court Judge Jason Scott said. “... I think there is a legitimate risk to the community.”
“I am deeply sorry that I was and have been connected to that in any way,” Faucher told the judge in a statement that lasted about 17 minutes. Faucher said he was deeply struck by the victim impact statements and that he knows child pornography is not a victimless crime.
“I was one really sick puppy. I screwed up big time ... I feel so much remorse and anger,” Faucher said at his sentencing.
“There are many people who will benefit if I am no longer in jail,” Faucher said, explaining that he’d like to help others. “There are no people who will benefit if I am in jail or in prison.”
A thinner and more frail-looking Faucher was wheeled into the courtroom in his Ada County jail uniform just before 9:30 a.m. At least 30 people, including some members of the Diocese of Boise, plus local media were packed into the windowless fifth-floor courtroom — some watching cried while others left the room as a local detective described in graphic detail the images and child pornography found
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I couldn’t get too far in the article; I don’t want to expose my mind to that evil. I feel sorry for the investigators who had to view those sick photos of child torture, etc. I hope they can find the people who were supplying him with those photos and arrest the whole lot of them.
looks like he needed to loose weight anyway....
I heard a minister of the gospel many years ago state that "drugs (and alcohol abuse) open spiritual windows."
I find it helpful to keep my windows locked in order to keep my family safe.
I find myself without any sympathy for this person.
And the defense attorney has no real defense. The sob story is not going to work.
From the article:
Other images the detective said the investigation found included depictions of black slavery, which Faucher spoke about using racist language, as well as images of Faucher urinating on a cross and canon law book. Faucher also wrote that he urinated in the wine for Mass at least once
Re picture: just look at that arrogant tilt of the head. Evil priest looking down at everyone.
Yeah, I picked up on that, too.
Sorry ass POS. He’s just sorry he got caught. He is nothing more than lowlife scum and needs to die in prison. 25 years with no parole should ensure that happens.
The seminaries must have dropped all their admission requirements right after Vatican II.
Pedophile affirmative action?
I’m actually beginning to wonder.
That is an excellent article! Thank you for sharing!
*ping of interest*
*ping of interest*
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