Judge Suspended Without Pay for Nonconsensually Touching Worker

A judge in Massachusetts who reportedly touched a court worker without consent at a court-sponsored event will be suspended without pay while the executive and legislative branches consider further action, the state’s top appellate court ruled on Wednesday.

Probate and Family Court Judge Paul M. Sushchyk was accused by a field coordinator for that court of inappropriately touching her at the Probate and Family Court’s annual spring conference.

The Commission on Judicial Conduct found that Sushchyk had engaged in an intentional and unwelcome touching of the unnamed complainant, and recommended a public censure and a suspension without pay while the ...