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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowA suspended Indiana Catholic priest appeared in a Noblesville courtroom on charges alleging he sexually abused a teenage boy.
The Indianapolis Star reported that the Rev. David Marcotte appeared Tuesday in Hamilton Superior Court on charges of felony child solicitation, vicarious sexual gratification and the dissemination of matter harmful to a minor.
Prosecutors allege Marcotte engaged the boy in sexual talk and lewd behavior over social media.
The Indianapolis Archdiocese suspended the 32-year-old Marcotte from public ministry in February after its victim assistance coordinator learned of the alleged abuse. The archdiocese said Marcotte was assigned to St. Malachy Parish in Brownsburg and St. Martin of Tours Parish in Martinsville at the time of the alleged abuse.
Marcotte’s next hearing is scheduled for Jan. 7 and he’s due to stand trial Feb. 10.
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