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	Church Choir Leader in Sex Rap By Jessica Van Sack Boston Herald May 31, 2010 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20100531church_choir_leader_in_sex_rap/srvc=home&position=also The choir director at St. Charles Borromeo Parish in Woburn is due to be arraigned tomorrow in connection with allegations of "sexual misconduct," according to the Boston archdiocese and local police. Thomas DeBlois, 47, who heads the church choir and serves as director of music at St. Charles, was placed on unpaid leave pending the outcome of an investigation into the unspecified sexual misconduct. DeBlois is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow on a charge of enticement of a child, said Woburn police officer Mark Shaughnessy. A former teacher at the St. Charles Borromeo School, DeBlois has worked as a layperson at the parish since 1992, according to the archdiocese. The archdiocese released a statement saying it "immediately" notified law enforcement upon learning of the allegations of misconduct. Neither DeBlois nor his attorney could be reached. The archdiocese conducts criminal background screenings on employees annually and DeBlois had a clean record the last time he was screened in January, the church's statement said. A spokeswoman for the Middlesex County District Attorney's office declined comment. Parish officials did not return calls. The archdiocese also notified the Department of Children and Families, which is required whenever abuse or neglect of a child is suspected. DeBlois faces a maximum of five years in prison if convicted. Terrence Donilon, a spokesman for the Boston archdiocese, said he did not know whether the alleged misconduct occurred on church grounds or elsewhere
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