PENNSYLVANIA
The Times-Tribune
A former Wilkes-Barre priest convicted of molesting an altar boy was sentenced to five to 10 years in prison this week.
Thomas P. Shoback, 66, was found guilty in May in Tioga County Court of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and related counts.
Mr. Shoback, born in Pittston, was a faculty member at Bishop Hoban High School and had served as pastor of Sacred Heart Church in Plains Twp., St. Joseph’s Church in Plains Twp. and Holy Redeemer Church in Exeter Twp., as well as assistant pastor at St. Joseph’s Church in Hazleton and Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Plymouth.
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