His story smells like something more fetid than your average everyday "Catholic priest" best. Especially the "LSD" part.
From his CatholicIdaho.org bio:
Father W. Thomas Faucher was ordained a priest on June 4, 1971, in St. John Cathedral by
Bishop Sylvester W. Treinen for the Diocese of Boise. He was associate pastor at St.
Anthony’s, Pocatello (1971-72); and at Sacred Heart, Boise (1972-75). He was pastor at Sacred
Heart, Emmett (1976-79); Sacred Heart, Boise (1979-89); Our Lady of the Lake, McCall, St.
John’s, Cascade, and St. Jude’s, Council (1992-94); and St. Mary’s, Boise (2002-14). He was
also associate administrator at St. Mary’s, American Falls (1971-72); and administrator at St.
Mary’s, Boise (2014-15). In other assignments, he was an instructor at Mount Angel Seminary
(1975); a member of the Liturgical Apostolate (1976) and an instructor at Bishop Kelly High
School, Boise (1973-76). He was on the board of directors for the Federation of Diocesan
Liturgical Commissions (1973-81), including a term as chairman (1977-79). He was a member of
the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Liturgy (1977-79), a fellow at the North American Academy of
Liturgy (1977) and a member of the Societas Liturgica (1978). He was president of the diocesan
Priests’ Senate (1982); a member of the USCCB National Advisory Council (1980-1983, Associate
Fellow at the Woodstock Center at Georgetown University, Washington (1995-96); and was
chairman of the committee planning the ordination and installation of Bishop Tod D. Brown
(1988-89). He served as director of Diocesan Studies at the Diocesan Catholic Center (1989-
91); was on the board of directors of the Nazareth Retreat Center, Boise (1992-94); was on
loan to the Diocese of Baker, Ore., serving as Judicial Vicar and Associate Vicar General
(1994-2002); and on sabbatical to serve as administrator of the parish of St. Andrew in
Kirkcudbright, Scotland, in the Diocese of Galloway, Scotland (2002). He had also previously
served as an instructor at Hawkstone Hall Sabbatical Center in Shropshire, England, (1992-94).
After returning to Boise, he served as dean of the West Central region (2005-06).
Father Faucher’s request for retirement was accepted.
From HISTORY OF SAINT EDWARD THE MARTYR CATHOLIC CHURCH
In 1996 Father W. Thomas Faucher J.C.L. from the Diocese of Boise arrived “on loan” and, together with the thriving economy, ushered in a period of growth; parish membership mushroomed to 185 families over the next three years. This precipitated in the need for an addition to be made to the main church auditorium, which was completed and dedicated in 2001. During his stay at Saint Edward, Father Faucher also oversaw the addition of Saint Winefride’s Garden and Cemetery, an urn-burial place of reflection, peace and solace. After Father Faucher’s return to Boise, the parish saw a series of pastors and administrators...
He's gained considerably more fame in recent years for a different, but related, set of interests.
Via: https://www.christianpost.com/news/prie ... -porn.html
The Rev. W. Thomas Faucher, a retired Idaho priest who once claimed to have urinated in communion wine at least once at his church, was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison without parole for what investigators said was the most disturbing child pornography case they had ever seen.
According to the Idaho Statesman, Faucher, 73, who pleaded guilty in September to five felony crimes stemming from amassing thousands of child porn images and videos on his home computer, will also have to register as a sex offender.
He apologized in the courtroom ahead of his sentencing at the Ada County Courthouse in Boise.
“I am deeply sorry that I was and have been connected to that in any way,” Faucher said while acknowledging that he now knows child porn is not a victimless crime. “I was one really sick puppy. I screwed up big time ... I feel so much remorse and anger.”
Detective John Brumbaugh, who’s been on the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force for five years, testified Thursday that he received a cybertip about two images sent from wtfauch@aol.com that was linked to the St. Mary’s Catholic Church website.
Over several months, Brumbaugh said verified chats and emails showed Faucher was “actively seeking interests with gay men, satanic interests” as well as the rape and killing of minors.
The detective described the contents of the images police found on Faucher’s cellphone, computer and Dropbox account containing more than 2,500 files displaying child pornography described as violent, disturbing, torturous and included children crying.
“The volume of [images] was something I haven’t come across,” Brumbaugh said.
The disgraced priest also expressed a desire to have sex with boys, had “satanic desires,” an attraction to 6-year-old boys and expressed excitement at the “thought of killing someone” authorities said.
“The volume of [images] was something I haven’t come across,” Brumbaugh explained, noting that the case disturbed everyone who worked on it.
Brumbaugh said Faucher also had images of black slavery and discussed using racist language. Images of Faucher urinating on a cross and canon law book were also found.
Bishop Peter F. Christensen and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Boise said in a press statement that the shocking discovery of the evil Faucher harbored has forced them to start the process of defrocking him.
Via: https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/loc ... 67664.html
Hundreds of images of child pornography and drugs including marijuana, ecstasy and LSD were found in the home of a retired Boise priest, a prosecutor said at a Monday court hearing.
Longtime Catholic Rev. W. Thomas Faucher, 72, was brought into court in a wheelchair Monday evening for his arraignment on 14 different charges.
Most of the crimes involve Idaho’s law against child pornography: He is charged with 10 counts of sexual exploitation of a child, and two counts of distributing sexually exploitative material involving children. His last two charges are both for drug possession. All of the charges are felonies except for both drug counts.
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Faucher has long criticized the Catholic Church’s handling of sexual abuse by its priests. Earlier in 2002, while based at Sisters, Oregon, he told one gathering that the church was looking the wrong way at incidents of molested children, and that Cardinal Bernard Law “should resign” for the events eventually documented in the 2015 movie “Spotlight.”
Faucher wrote to the Statesman in 2010 that 82-year-old Pope Benedict XVI should retire because he was “much too old to lead the church through this mess.”
As a canon lawyer, Faucher sometimes represented other priests, such as in 2014 regarding a priest who had been removed from a parish in Bend, Oregon, for undisclosed reasons.