MASSACHUSETTS
WCVB
WORCESTER, Mass. —
People who say they were assaulted by former priest Paul Shanley spoke out Wednesday about his scheduled release from prison.
Shanley was convicted in 2005 of raping a boy at his former Newton parish in the 1980s. There are about two dozen other allegations against the 86-year-old.
Prosecutors tried to keep him behind bars past his 12-year prison sentence but said doctors determined he wasn’t sexually dangerous.
Paula and Rodney Ford, whose son, Gregory, was allegedly molested by Shanley in the 1990s, said they are upset that Shanley will be released.
“If anyone ever fit the profile of a dangerous sexual predator, it is Paul Shanley,” said Paula Ford.
Rodney Ford choked back tears as he called for accountability.
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