PENNSYLVANIA
Sun Gazette
August 22, 2013
By CHERYL R. CLARKE (cclarke@sungazette.com) , Williamsport Sun-Gazette
WELLSBORO – The former Blossburg and Montoursville priest convicted in May of sexually assaulting an altar boy was sentenced in Tioga County Court Monday to 5 to 10 years in state prison.
The Diocese of Scranton suspended Shoback in November 2011 when the allegations of sexual misconduct surfaced.
According to court documents, Thomas P. Shoback, 66, of Wilkes-Barre, was sentenced for seven counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and criminal attempt to have involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, as well as six months to two years for endangering the welfare of a child, concurrent.
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