Former Priest And Convicted Child Abuser Paul Shanley Released From Prison
Shanley, 86, was convicted in 2005 of repeatedly raping a boy over a number of years in the 1980s. Other alleged victims voiced dismay that the defrocked priest was released into the community.
by Laurel Wamsley
Jul 28, 2017
2 minutes
Paul Shanley, a Boston priest notorious for his role in the Catholic Church's sex abuse scandal, was released from prison on Friday morning.
He was convicted in 2005 of repeatedly raping a boy over a number of years in the 1980s. Shanley was to go to prison for abuse as the scandal began to unfold more than a decade ago; the statute of limitations had been frozen in Shanley's .
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