Saratoga Springs, NEW YORK

September 17, 2008 - Thomas Filion, 68, a a former teacher at various schools in the Saratoga Springs area (and a certified school guidance counselor,) pleaded guilty to first-degree sexual abuse, second-degree unlawful imprisonment, forcible touching, and endangering the welfare of a child.for touching a15-year-old boy in the shower at the city YMCA.

Filion was arrested November of 2007 after a three-week investigation. He approached the teen in the shower and grabbed his genitals. The boy did not know him.

D.A. James Murphy said he was seeking jail time as well as a surrender of teaching certificates, lifetime registration on the sex offender registry and an order of protection against the boy and the YMCA. Filion will be sentenced November 17