BOOTHBAY HARBOR (ME)
Lincoln County News
Marie Tupper of Boothbay Harbor said Tuesday that she wants her name to appear in the story about her filing a lawsuit Monday in Cumberland County Superior Court against Father Thomas Lee, former priest at Our Lady Queen of Peace Church, Boothbay Harbor. She claims the priest molested her son for two years, 1977-79.
“I want my name out there. I don’t want them to think I’m hiding,” Tupper said.
The Diocese of Portland began an investigation of the alleged sexual abuse in 2002 and at that time Lee resigned his ministry voluntarily. The investigation did not substantiate the allegations and Lee served a church in Lyman where he again left voluntarily in 2003 after new allegations were aired. Lee now lives in Portland.