Ex-Priest Is Sentenced to 12 to 15 Years for Sex Abuse
Cambridge, Massachusetts --
Paul R. Shanley, one of the few priests to face criminal charges in the sexual abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic Church, was sentenced to 12 to 15 years in prison today for repeatedly raping a boy in suburban Boston in the 1980's.
"It is difficult to imagine a more egregious misuse of trust and authority," said Judge Stephen A. Neel.
The defrocked Mr. Shanley, 74, who could spend the rest of his life behind bars, showed no emotion as the verdict was read.
He was convicted last week on two counts each of child rape and indecent assault battery of a child after the jury in the Middlesex Superior Court in Cambridge, Mass., deliberated for 15 hours.
The prosecutor, Lynn Rooney, had recommended a life sentence.
Mr. Shanley will be eligible for parole after serving two-thirds of his sentence, when he will begin serving 10 years' probation.
Read the article at The New York Times dated February 15, 2005
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Paul R. Shanley, one of the few priests to face criminal charges in the sexual abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic Church, was sentenced to 12 to 15 years in prison today for repeatedly raping a boy in suburban Boston in the 1980's.
"It is difficult to imagine a more egregious misuse of trust and authority," said Judge Stephen A. Neel.
The defrocked Mr. Shanley, 74, who could spend the rest of his life behind bars, showed no emotion as the verdict was read.
He was convicted last week on two counts each of child rape and indecent assault battery of a child after the jury in the Middlesex Superior Court in Cambridge, Mass., deliberated for 15 hours.
The prosecutor, Lynn Rooney, had recommended a life sentence.
Mr. Shanley will be eligible for parole after serving two-thirds of his sentence, when he will begin serving 10 years' probation.
Read the article at The New York Times dated February 15, 2005
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