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	Former Priest Paroled Early by Mistake TheNewMexicoChannel.com August 11, 2004 ALAMOGORDO, N.M. -- A former Alamogordo priest sentenced to more than 200 years in prison was paroled after serving only 11 years. In 1993, a judge sentenced David Holley, 77, to 275 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to abusing boys in the early 1970s at St. Jude's Mission Church in Alamogordo. This spring, Holley was granted parole. But the parole board said it made a clerical error, and Holley's parole will be rescinded and taken back to the board. Holley said in a letter that he does not want to take part in a sexual offender program. He doesn't want electronic monitoring or to be listed as a sexual offender. He said those parole conditions "make living outside more oppressive considering my age and state of health." The parole board replied to Holley's letter, saying it would not accept his terms. Prison officials will have another parole hearing. Gov. Bill Richardson said he is outraged and will order an investigation into Holley's parole.