Paul Shanley

One of the most notorious figures in the Boston clergy sex abuse scandal has died, police said Friday. He was 89. Paul Shanley, a former Massachusetts priest who served 12 years in prison after he was convicted of raping a boy at a Newton church in the 1980s, died late last month, Ware police confirmed. A cause of death was…

A 70-year-old convicted child rapist from Massachusetts who was set to be released before his arrest last month could go free while he fights new charges.

A convicted child rapist who served nearly 40 years for the rapes of two boys in 1977 pleaded not guilty to new charges of lewd behavior.

The lawyer for a serial child rapist who was recently accused of exposing himself in prison said he is skeptical of the new charges given that they were filed just as his client was set to be released.

A group representing survivors of priest sex abuse is calling for a former Boston priest to be placed in a secure treatment facility far from children.

A former Massachusetts priest convicted of child rape has been released from prison after serving 12 years of his sentence as victims and sexual assault awareness advocates are set to protest his release.

Convicted pedophile priest is living in Ware, Massachusetts, after his release from prison.

Paul Shanley, a convicted pedophile and former priest, has been released from prison and has moved to Ware, Massachusetts.

Convicted pedophile priest Paul Shanley is scheduled to be released from prison this week.

Survivors and family members of those who were sexually abused by convicted pedophile priest Paul Shanley spoke out Wednesday after hearing that he is scheduled to be released from prison on Friday.

Clergy sex abuse survivors are speaking out ahead of the release of convicted pedophile priest Paul Shanley.

Paul Shanley, a former Boston priest convicted in the clergy sex abuse scandal, was sentenced to serve 12 to 15 years in prison in 2005. He is set to be released.