Principal denies sexually assaulting boy

A lawsuit filed Thursday in state Superior Court in Waterbury alleges a man who is interim principal at a Danbury elementary school sexually abused a boy over a 7year period, starting in the late 1990s.

Marc Poliquin, 37, who is named in the suit, denied the allegations and said he will fight them “all the way” in court.

“This lawsuit is totally false,” Poliquin said Saturday morning. “I have no idea what motivated the claimant to make those accusations.”

The Hartford Courant first reported the story.

The Danbury schools’ website lists Poliquin as interim principal at King Street Primary School, which serves children in kindergarten through third grade.

“These are deeply troubling allegations,” said Mayor Mark Boughton. He learned of the lawsuit Saturday morning and immediately called Superintendent Sal Pascarella, who is looking into the situation, Boughton said.

“I’m sure the superintendent will take the appropriate action,” Boughton said, adding the district is planning to meet with Poliquin and will likely release a statement Monday.

In court documents obtained from an online search of state records, the complaint alleges Poliquin started abusing a boy in 1996, when Poliquin was 15 years old and the boy was 10. The alleged abuse ended in 2003, when Poliquin was 22, the complaint says.

The plaintiff, who uses the pseudonym “John Doe” in the lawsuit, says Poliquin sexually assaulted him between 50 and 100 times, causing “extreme trauma, mental anguish, and psychological injuries, which are permanent in nature.”