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A2 THE DAILY ITEM SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2015 OBITUARIES WEYMOUTH Karen M. (LeBlanc) Danahy, age 56, passed away unexpectedly on Oct. 1 at the Brigham and Hospital in Boston. Born in Lynn and raised in Saugus, she is the daughter of Donald R. LeBlanc of Saugus and the late Janet (Jellison) LeBlanc.

A phlebotomist at South Shore Hospital in Weymouth, grandchildren were the light of her life. Playing with them were some of her happiest times. She greatly loved the ocean, spending time at the beach and collect- ing sea glass. Besides her father she is sur- vived by three daughters, Sarah M. Danahy of Weymouth, Su- zanne E.

Danahy and her part- ner Ramses Del Hierro, both of Sweden, Sandra L. Danahy and her Scott Courtney, both of Woburn; two grandchil- dren, Harper and Jacob. She was the sister of Laurel Lom- bardi and her husband Mark of Saugus, Pamela Davey and her husband Sean of Hatfield and aunt of Katelyn, Melissa, Brian, Justin and Abigail. Service information: Visit- ing hours will be held in the BISBEE-PORCELLA Funeral Home, 549 Lincoln Saugus, on Monday 4-8 p.m. Relatives and friends invited.

A funeral will be held from the funeral home on Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. followed by a fu- neral Mass in Blessed Sac- rament Church, 14 Summer Saugus at 10:30 a.m. Karen M. Danahy, 56 Phlebotomist NAHANT Richard H. Kirouac, 77 years, of Nahant, died Fri- day, Oct.

2, 2015 in a local nursing home after a brief illness. He is the husband of Mrs. Jeanne L. (Sny- der) Kirouac. He was born in Manchester, N.H., the son of the late Henry and Corrinne (Ouelette) Kirouac.

He was raised in Manchester and was a graduate of Bishop Bradley High School. He was a Marine Corps veteran. He enjoyed football, dancing and he was the life of the party. He was entered in the New Hampshire Hall of Fame for football and track. Mr.

Kirouac was a communi- cant of St. Thomas Aquinas Church and was a Eucharistic Minister. Mr. Kirouac was a paint and paper salesman for Wa- ters and Brown in Salem and Beverly, and prior to that he worked at Nashua Wallpaper in Nashua, N.H., for 35 years. He was a lobsterman and pic- ture framer.

In addition to his wife with whom he shared 53 years of marriage, he leaves three daughters, Carolyn Romano and her husband David of Marshfield, Julie Smith and her husband Timothy of Nahant and Tracy Cauley and her hus- band Edward of Lynn; five grandchildren, Alison, Nicholas, Katrina, Caitlin and Edward Jr. He leaves his brothers, Donald Kirouac of Washing- ton, D.C., Louis Kirouac and his wife Doris of Georgia; his sister, Sister Jacqueline Kir- ouac, Sisters of the Holy Cross in Derry, N.H.; his sisters-in- law, Claire Kirouac and Shirley Kirouac, both of Manchester, N.H. He is the brother of the late Camille and Bert Kirouac. He also leaves several nieces and nephews. Service information: His funeral will be held on Tues- day, Oct.

6, 2015 at 9 a.m. from the SOLIMINE Funeral Home, 67 Ocean St. (Route 1A), Lynn, followed by a fu- neral Mass in St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Nahant at 10 a.m. Burial in Greenlawn Cemetery, Nahant.

Relatives and friends are respectfully invited. Visiting hours are on Monday from 4-8 p.m. Dona- tions in his memory may be made to the Nahant Council on Aging, 41 Valley Road, Na- hant, MA 01908. Directions and guestbook at www.soli- mine.com. Richard H.

Kirouac, 77 Waters and Brown paint and paper salesman SALEM (AP) A former Roman Catholic priest who raped an altar boy and spent more than a decade in prison will be freed af- ter prosecutors withdrew a civil petition Friday to have him committed as a sexually dangerous person. Essex District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett said he had no choice but to with- draw the petition under state law because two ex- perts who examined Ron- ald Paquin determined he was no longer sexually dangerous. contention is that Mr. Paquin poses a dan- ger to the Blodgett said. nately, we have no further legal options available to hold Mr.

Under the law, anyone found sexually danger- ous can be civilly commit- ted indefinitely at a state treatment center even af- ter their prison sentence has ended. It was not immediately clear Friday when Pa- quin would be released. current attorney, David Erickson, did not immediately return a call Friday for comment. Now 72, he was one of the central figures in the Boston sex abuse scandal. He pleaded guilty in December 2002 to child rape charges.

Pa- quin admitted molesting a boy from 1989 to 1992 while assigned to a Haver- hill parish, starting when the boy was 12. Paquin was sentenced to 12 to 15 years in prison, and he completed his sen- tence in May. Although he was convict- ed of raping one boy, sev- eral other people accused him of molesting them. He was later defrocked by the Vatican. At sentencing, Paquin expressed remorse through his lawyer and said that as a teenager, he was abused by a priest.

Michael Emerton, who said he was sexually as- saulted by Paquin when he was a teenager in the 1980s, said he was shocked when someone from office called him Friday to tell him Paquin would be released. he was incarcer- ated, we knew exactly where he was. Now a dan- gerous predator has been released and has been put back on the streets, and our job to be vigilant now, to keep track of him. The responsibility has been shifted to Emerton said. By David Dishneau and Seth Borenstein ASSOCIATED PRESS Millions along the East Coast breathed a little easier Friday after fore- casters said Hurricane Joaquin would probably veer out to sea.

But a freakishly powerful rain- storm fueled in part by the hurricane threatened to bring ruinous flooding to parts of the Atlantic Sea- board over the weekend. With the soil already soggy and roads swamped in places from days of rain, East Coast states braced for what forecasters said could be deadly and un- precedented downpours. New Jersey, North Caro- lina, South Carolina, Vir- ginia and parts of Mary- land and Delaware were under states of emergency. Meteorologists said the Carolinas will probably get the worst of it, with 15 inches of rain in places and landslides possible in the mountains. going to be enor- meteorologist Ryan Maue of Weather Bell An- alytics said.

going to be a slow-motion For days, authorities had feared that Joaquin would link up with the rainstorm, multiplying the disastrous effects. Various computer models showed the hurri- cane hitting North Caro- Outer Banks, New Jersey, New Long Island or Cape Cod. But on Friday, as Joaquin raked the Bahamas with winds of 130 mph, fore- casters said it appeared the hurricane would pass well off the U.S. coast. looks like we dodged a bullet this New Jersey Gov.

Chris Christie said at the Jersey shore, which nevertheless got hit with street flooding nearly three years after it was devastated by Superstorm Sandy. keep our fin- gers The rainstorm threat- ened to bring a gusty and prolonged drenching from Georgia to New England. Forecasters warned that even if Joaquin peels away from the coast, its effects will still be felt, because it will continue to supply tropical moisture to the rainstorm. South Carolina could get more rain in three days that it normally gets dur- ing the entire fall. are growing increas- ingly concerned about the situation in South Caro- lina, western North Caro- lina and perhaps even in northeast said David Novak, director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- Weather Prediction Center.

pretty con- fident that some places are going to have 15 inch- es. A lot of places are go- ing to have 5, 6, 7 inches of rain, particularly the whole state of South Caro- Parts of Virginia and Maryland could get up to 5 inches. The storm was already blamed for at least one death in South Carolina, where heavy rain has fall- en for days. Sylvia Artea- ga, 56, drowned in a flash flood under a railroad bridge in Spartanburg while driving home from the night shift. Authorities around the region also warned that the saturated soil could cause trees to topple.

They said that might have played a role in the death of a passenger whose ve- hicle was hit by a tree on Interstate 95 near Fay- etteville, N.C. By mid-morning Friday, water was flowing over South Main Street on Vir- Chincoteague Is- land. year, we kind of hold our breath, knowing that said Brian Shotwell, manager of a sandwich shop. Ex-priest who raped boy will be freed after decade in prison East Coast likely to dodge hurricane, but flooding looms PHOTO ASSOCIATED PRESS Pedestrians negotiate rainy conditions along Lexington Avenue Friday in New York. Rainfall and heavy winds are expected to last through the weekend.

Walsh says work with feds in Teamsters case By Andy Metzger STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE BOSTON Boston Mayor Marty Walsh on Friday said City Hall would fed- eral prosecutors pursuing extortion charges against members of Teamsters Lo- cal 25, which is headquar- tered in Charlestown. The federal indictment dated Sept. 29 alleges that a representative of the city alerted the Omni Parker House and the restaurant Menton that union members were planning to picket a real- ity television show that planned to film there, re- portedly Top Chef. concerned about the allegations that are out there. That certainly bothers me, because as a former labor official, never condoned those Walsh, the for- mer head of the Boston Building Trades, told re- porters.

He said he did not warn anyone to call the estab- lishments. After Omni Parker de- cided not to permit the filming at its location and the production group moved to a restaurant in Milton, federal prosecu- tors claim the five defen- dants barged in to the film production area of the Mil- ton venue, chest-bumped crew members and made threats and racial and ho- mophobic insults. Walsh reportedly hired attorney Brian Kelly, a former federal prosecutor, to investigate the mat- ter. Walsh said the city in outside we can work with the United States at- office on anyth ing they might need moving The mayor declined to comment on whether he would push the Teamsters to address the behavior of its members. a lot of men and women who work for the Teamsters union and other unions who do a lot of good Walsh said after an event at the Wentworth Institute of Technology.

Congressman Stephen Lynch, a South Boston Democrat and former ironworkers union official, said the charges recall an earlier era. it sounds like is stuff that used to happen in the 40s and 50s and in labor movement no room for Lynch said. He said the labor movement is strong, and said, think that the actions of a couple people should re- flect on those Calling the alleged crime a Lynch also said Walsh had a complete- ly different style at the Building Trades where he was the face of the labor seeking collaboration not confrontation with busi- nesses. was never his style ever. He was always a Lynch said.

Walsh Cruz outlines presidential agenda By Katie Lannan STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE BOSTON Comparing the environment in which he is running to the conditions under which Ronald Rea- gan was elected, Republi- can presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz said Friday he is a grassroots to win next Massachusetts primary. only force strong enough to break this Wash- ington cartel, to bring this country back from the precipice is we the Cruz said during an ad- dress at the Union Club of Boston for a Marlborough Republican City Commit- tee fundraiser. In his speech, the Texas senator laid out an agenda for two terms in the White House, beginning with a first day that would in- clude re- i i some of President a a a a executive orders, in- struct ing the De- partment of Justice to open a crimi- nal investigation into Planned Parenthood and ordering federal agencies to end the of religious Cruz said he would also to the nuclear agreement with Iran and begin the process of moving the United States embassy in Israel to Jerusalem on his first day in office. In a full eight years as president, Cruz said, he would hope to repeal the Affordable Care Act, abol- ish the national Common Core curriculum stan- dards, rebuild the military, secure the borders and put an end to so-called that in- stitute policies against prosecuting people who are in the country illegally.

He said he would insti- tute a flat tax rate and abolish the Internal Reve- nue Service, joking that he would padlock the agen- headquarters and send its 90,000 employees to guard the U.S. border with Mexico. you travel thousands of miles in the blazing sun, you swim across the Rio Grande, and the first thing you see is 90,000 IRS he said. turn around and go home, plans drew ap- plause and a chorus of agreement from the au- dience, a crowd that in- cluded Republican state Reps. Jim Lyons of Ando- ver, Shaunna of Taunton and Kevin Kuros of Uxbridge.

Lyons, chair of the Cruz campaign in Massachu- setts, told the News Ser- vice after the event that he thinks voters are at- tracted to Cruz in part because they see him as a candidate willing to fight for the issues that matter to him and to them. definitely a groundswell of support within Massachusetts for the type of candidate that Sen. Cruz is, and I think a yearning for a Lyons said. I think exactly what he A poll out this week from Suffolk University and USA Today on the 13-can- didate Republican field found Cruz in sixth place with 6 percent of the vote. Cruz.