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Thursday, February 24, 2005

Priest convicted of sex abuse dies in prison

Berlin, New Hampshire

A Roman Catholic priest convicted last year of raping three altar boys in Dover has died.

The Rev. Joseph Maguire died Wednesday in Berlin, about 10 months after he began serving a 44-year prison term. He was 73. Corrections spokesman Jeff Lyons said Maguire died of natural causes.

Maguire was convicted on 36 felony counts of abusing boys in the late 1970s and early 1980s at St. Joseph parish in Dover. He acknowledged abusing boys in Dover hotel rooms, during overnight trips and at St. Joseph´s rectory.

Read the article at MaineToday.com dated February 23, 2005
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