NEW HAMPSHIRE
New Hampshire Union Leader
By MARK HAYWARD
New Hampshire Union Leader
July 06. 2017
Convicted former Farmington priest Roger Fortier, who wasn’t expected to be out of prison for another 11 years at the earliest, won parole Thursday after doctors said cancer is spreading throughout his body, corrections officials said.
Once parole officers confirm his plans, Fortier, 71, will be paroled for medical reasons and live with his sister in Sanbornton.
Roger Fortier was sentenced in 1998 for multiple sex crimes against two altar boys when he served at St. Peter Church in Farmington in the 1990s, according to past media reports. He received a 30- to 60-year sentence.
His earliest possible parole date had been in September 2028, said Jeffrey Lyons, a spokesman for the Department of Corrections.
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