Former priest Brian Boucher found guilty of touching and sexually assaulting minors will not be released, the Parole Board has ruled. The man in his sixties faces new charges related to the sexual assault of a young cellmate during his time in prison.
Priest Brian Boucher was sentenced in 2019 to serve an eight-year prison sentence for sexually assaulting two boys aged 13 and 14.
Due to the new charges against the 62-year-old, the Commission denied the offender day parole and full parole.
Brian Boucher allegedly committed sexual acts against a younger inmate while behind bars. He faces three counts of sexual assault, voyeurism and criminal harassment in connection with the case. The events allegedly occurred in February 2023. He is scheduled to return to court next month.
According to the facts summarized in the Commission’s decision, the victim “locked herself in her cell to avoid harassment” from the ex-priest thereafter. The latter allegedly insisted and continued to follow him while he was taking a shower, despite warnings from his fellow inmate. The alleged attacker would have been removed from his sector for this reason.
Victims from the 90s
According to the document obtained by La Presse, Brian Boucher met his first victim in 1995 when he was a priest in a church. He quickly established a bond of trust with this young man. This victim “saw him as a father figure,” indicates the summary of the facts.
But very quickly, the inappropriate gestures began: Brian Boucher showed the victim pornographic content. The first touching took place in motels, it is specified.
In 2008, Brian Boucher blackmailed another minor victim who was volunteering at the church where he worked. The touching of this victim did not end until 2011.
Another disturbing event took place at the end of the 1990s. Brian Boucher broke into the home of a victim whom he had tried to contact several times by telephone, according to the Commission’s decision. She, fearing the priest, hid in a closet. Boucher allegedly sexually assaulted him. However, the case did not lead to charges, according to the decision.
Boucher had denied several of these actions, insisting that he had never been to the hotel. He had, however, admitted to the touching. After his sentence, he continued to deny the acts committed.
– With Louis-Samuel Perron