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The Worcester (Mass.) Telegram & Gazette reports:
Local gay activist Albert M. Toney III has been charged with sexually assaulting a 17-year-old youth last month in the locker room of the YMCA.
A criminal complaint was issued June 28 charging Mr. Toney, 43, of 36 Fairview Ave., Holden, with two counts of indecent assault and battery, according to Central District Court records.
The 17-year-old told investigators he was standing in front of a fan in the locker room of the YMCA at 766 Main St. June 15 when Mr. Toney, who was nude, approached him from behind, grabbed his buttock and pressed himself up against him without his consent, according to a statement filed in court by police Sgt. John W. Lewis… .
A longtime gay activist and advocate for gay and lesbian youth, Mr. Toney is president of AK Consulting Services, an education/diversity training and consulting company.
He was active in the campaign for same-sex marriage rights in Massachusetts and was the first openly gay candidate to run for Worcester City Council.
One blogger observes that if this story involved a Catholic priest, it might make headlines outside of Worcester, Mass.
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Alan Brooks| 7.13.10 @ 9:09PM
At least it wasn't rape-rape, Whoopi.
Nobama| 7.14.10 @ 12:28AM
Liberals love NAMBLA. Just ask Alan.
Eric Cartman| 7.14.10 @ 1:45PM
Forget the guy being a priest, if he was a heterosexual and the kid was a girl, it would be all over the news and NOW would be demanding his head on a pike - well, unless your last name is Polanski. Then, it's okay.
Al| 7.14.10 @ 3:18PM
Ooooo, but he looked tho thweet . . .
He kind of reminded me of Nate.
Nick| 7.14.10 @ 4:49PM
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