Former Recorder reporter reflects on Lavigne case
The Rev. Richard Lavigne, a Roman Catholic priest, pleads guilty in Superior Court to two counts of indecently assaulting two adolescent boys, in this June 25, 1992, photo, in Newburyport. Investigators were preparing to seek an arrest warrant for the defrocked priest long considered a suspect in the 1972 killing of a Western Massachusetts altar boy shortly before his death on Friday. AP FILE PHOTO/SCOTT MAGUIRE
A photo of former Roman Catholic priest Richard Lavigne, who Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gulluni announced Monday was responsible for the murder of 13-year-old Danny Croteau in 1972. Lavigne, a convicted sex offender, had died days prior on May 21 at Baystate Franklin Medical Center in Greenfield. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO