Alleged Victim of Priest May Not Testify
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Prosecutors told a judge Thursday that an alleged victim of defrocked priest Paul Shanley might refuse to testify if he is publicly identified during the upcoming sexual abuse trial. That would mean the end of the criminal case against one of the most notorious figures in the Boston Archdiocese's sex scandal, Assistant District Attorney Lynn Rooney said.
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - A district attorney said Monday that he would not prosecute Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Dupre on child rape charges - despite a newly unsealed indictment in the case - because the statute of limitations has expired...
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A few of Paul R. Shanley's accusers were able to overcome criminal statutes of limitations because of a technicality: The priest left Massachusetts for California more than a decade ago. But a conviction may not come easily.
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Prosecutors wrapped up their case against defrocked priest Paul Shanley on Monday after a psychologist testified that it is not uncommon for adults who suffer trauma as children to repress memories of the experience.
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A television journalist has asked a judge to deny a request by prosecutors for him to testify at Michael Jackson's child molestation trial.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.  - A 27-year-old firefighter wept  in court on Wednesday as he testified how defrocked priest Paul  Shanley, a key figure in the U.S. Catholic Church abuse  scandal, raped him and taught him to perform oral sex, starting  when he was just six years old.
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A County Londonderry priest is acquitted on two charges of sexually abusing a teenager 30 years ago.
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A Brooklyn priest, who continued in active ministry after church officials cleared him of sexual abuse accusations leveled in 1998, yesterday was charged with repeatedly molesting an altar boy as recently ...
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. Sept. 27, 2004 - A district attorney said Monday that he would not prosecute Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Dupre on child rape charges because the statute of limitations has expired in the case.
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Advocates for victims of abuse by Catholic clergy on Friday urged presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani to fire a priest who was suspended from the church and then hired by the ex-mayor's security consulting business. A spokeswoman for Giuliani said the firm had no plans to fire Monsignor Alan Placa.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.  - The accuser in the child rape  trial of defrocked priest Paul Shanley could not sleep, soaked  his bed sheets with sweat and curled up in a ball on the floor  shortly after recovering memories of his abuse, his wife  testified on Friday.
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A Kenyan preacher who claims to have helped infertile women conceive - oemiracle babies - denied today that he was involved in an alleged child trafficking ring.
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A former Massachusetts bishop charged with raping two children in the 1970s will not be prosecuted because the statue of limitations has expired, prosecutors said on Monday.
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A woman is ordained to the Catholic priesthood. Not surprisingly, the hierarchy does not approve.
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The man who alleges he was sexually molested years ago by a priest endured intense cross-examination last week from the defense. With his mother and aunt set to testify this week, there may be more uncomfortable days for him ahead.
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Lawyers for a key suspect in the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal failed to persuade a US military judge yesterday to bar evidence gained from the defendant&#39;s computer, which the defense argued may have been improperly obtained by investigators.
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A former priest accused of sexually abusing children in two states is HIV positive, Catholic diocese officials said Thursday.