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Boston Priest Convicted of Raping Boy

HeadlineFeb 08, 2005

In Boston, former priest Paul Shanley was convicted Monday of raping and assaulting a young boy in the 1980s. He faces up to life a prison. The victim who is now a 27-year-old firefighter said the priest began raping him when he was six years old when he was attending religious school at Shanley’s church.

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