Former North Country priest goes on trial in Massachusetts

Ex-priest Gary Mercure is accused of taking boys from parishes in New York state and raping and assaulting them during visits to Massachusetts.

Mercure served as a priest in Glens Falls and Queensbury in the 1970s and at the time of his arrest in 2008 was serving in the Diocese of Albany, which includes parts of the North Country.

This from the Albany Times-Union:

In New York state, Mercure was accused of but never charged with sexually assaulting several boys in Albany and Warren counties…

The statute of limitations for bringing criminal charges against Mercure in New York had already expired by the time the accusations were made. Massachusetts has a longer statute of limitations for such charges.

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