MASSACHUSETTS
The Patriot Ledger
BOSTON —
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston has reached settlements in sexual abuse cases involving two priests, including a priest at St. Colman Church in Brockton during the 1950s and 1960s who later served at Sacred Heart in Weymouth.
The Rev. Richard J. O’Donovan died in August 2000, before the allegation was raised against him.
The other case involved the Rev. James Lane, a former Boston police chaplain whose only previous connection with the scandal was as a whistleblower.
The Rev. Lane died in 2007.
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