A Walpole priest was charged yesterday with sexually assaulting a man he’d followed into the woods at a Canton rest stop, police said. The Rev. Emile R. “Mike” Boutin, 46, a youth pastor at Blessed Sacrament in Walpole, pleaded not guilty to indecent assault and battery at his arraignment in Stoughton District Court, said Norfolk District Attorney spokesman David Traub.
Boutin, ordained in 1991, was ordered to “refrain from public ministry” pending the outcome of his criminal case, said Terrence Donilon, a spokesman for the Archdiocese of Boston.
At about 8:30 a.m. yesterday, a 21-year-old man told police he pulled into the Park & Ride lot off Route 138 in Canton and walked into the woods to urinate.
Shortly after noticing a “No Trespassing” sign, the man turned and spotted a man behind him. Suddenly, the other man sexually assaulted the 21-year-old through his shorts, police said.
The victim ran back to his car, saw his assailant get into a green Toyota sedan, and took down the license plate number, police said. The man reported the incident to state police, who traced the car to Walpole, where local police found the car and Boutin, sweating heavily, standing in the driveway of an address belonging to Blessed Sacrament.
