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July 31, 2017

Ex-priest leaves prison after serving his sentence for child sex abuse

Protesters speak to television reporters while holding signs "Admit your crimes" in protest of the release of former priest Paul R. Shanley from prison July 28 in Bridgewater, Mass. Shanley, a major figure in the U.S. church's child sex abuse scandal, was sentenced to 12 to 15 years in prison in 2005 on multiple counts of raping and assaulting a boy in the 1980s.

BRIDGEWATER, Mass. – Former priest Paul R. Shanley, a major figure in the U.S. church's child sex abuse scandal, was released from prison July 28 after serving 12 years for raping and assaulting a boy in the 1980s.

Published in International