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	Ex-Claverack Pastor Gets 4 Years in Child Porn Case By Kyle Wind Daily Freeman June 10, 2008 http://www.dailyfreeman.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19759651&BRD=1769&PAG=461&dept_id=72585&rfi=6 ALBANY - The former pastor of a Roman Catholic parish in Claverack was sentenced Monday to four years federal prison following his guilty plea to a charge of possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Glenn Suddaby said. The Rev. Raymond Ethier, 51, of Hudson, who was pastor of St. John Vianney Church at the time of his offense, was additionally sentenced by U.S. District Judge Thomas McAvoy to 10 years supervised release. He was also ordered to have no unsupervised contact with minors; to participate in a sex offender program; and to register with the state sex offender registry program in U.S. Northern District Court in Albany. When his computer was seized on May 10, 2007, an examination found seven different videos and "a number of still images of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct," according to a written plea agreement released by authorities. "Said videos and still images depict individuals under the age of 18 engaged in, among other things, anal sex, oral sex, masturbation, and the lascivious exhibition of the genitals and pubic area," the statement reads. Ethier, who pleaded guilty on Nov. 13, 2007, admitted to law enforcement officials he had downloaded the movies in July of 2006 using Limewire, a file-sharing program, and watched them using Windows Media Player, according to the statement. The case was investigated by state police at Livingston, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Albany.
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