Defrocked Catholic Priest Faces Accuser

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Guardian

Wednesday January 19, 2005 4:16 PM

By DENISE LAVOIE

Associated Press Writer

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - The criminal case against a defrocked Roman Catholic priest at the center of the Boston Archdiocese sex scandal now hinges on the allegations of a single accuser.

Prosecutors formally dropped a third accuser on Tuesday, leaving just one from the original four alleged victims of Paul Shanley. The move to drop the accuser from the case was widely expected.

That leaves Shanley, 73, facing three charges of raping a child and two charges of indecent assault and battery on a child. The maximum sentence is life in prison.

About 80 prospective jurors were questioned Tuesday for the trial that is expected to last about two weeks. Four jurors - three men and one woman - were seated before proceedings ended for the day.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4742697,00.html

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1. I wonder if Greg Ford is okay

He was a young man who had had many emotional problems after Shanley abused him for years. I'm afraid he might be one of the "lost" defendants. He deserves his day in court against this monster. I hope he gets it.