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Tuesday, February 01, 2005

Prosecution rests in Shanley church abuse case

Cambridge, Massachusetts -

Prosecutors rested their case against former priest Paul Shanley -- a key figure in Boston's church abuse scandal -- with testimony on recovered memory, a topic the defense also hopes to tackle.

Prosecutors have said Shanley pulled boys from Sunday morning catechism class so he could rape them in the church confessional, pews, rectory and bathroom.

Shanley faces charges of raping a child and indecent assault and battery on a child. If Shanley is convicted, the maximum sentence would be life in prison.


Read the article at CNN.com dated Feb 1, 2005
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