FREDERIC SERRE
The 1510 West
A former Catholic priest who served in Dorval, Pointe Claire and Senneville before being convicted five years ago of sexually assaulting two minors has been denied early release after being charged with sexually assaulting a fellow inmate behind bars.
Brian Boucher, 62, who was serving an eight-year sentence after his 2019 conviction for assaulting two boys, ages 13 and 14, was turned down by the Parole Board of Canada. In a written decision on June 27, the board denied Boucher both day and full parole. Like most offenders serving time in a federal penitentiary, he was qualified to apply for early release after serving two-thirds of his sentence.
The board, however, rejected his request for release, citing he now faces new charges of sexual assault, voyeurism and harassment in connection to a young inmate.
On Jan. 8, 2019, the court found Boucher guilty of sexually abusing a young boy between 2008 and 2011 while he was the boy’s parish priest. After he was found guilty, Boucher pleaded guilty to additional charges of sexually assaulting a different boy between 1995 and 1999. According to the diocese, Boucher began his priesthood in 1985, working out of churches in the West Island, as well as in LaSalle and Town of Mount Royal.