Fr. Paul M. Desilets
Accused of molesting at least 20 altar boys 1974-1984 in MA. Returned to Canada in 1984. Indicted in 2002 for molesting 18 additional boys 1978-1984. Extradited in 2005 from Canada. Pled guilty, sentenced to up to 18 months in prison and probation. Asked judge to excuse him from sex offender treatment because of his advanced age (82) and health. Allowed to return to Canada to serve probation. Died in 2010 at age 86. Omitted from 2011 Boston AD database.
- BA.org Assignment Record
- Boston Herald 02.23.02
- Boston Herald 01.11.03
- Milford Daily News 07.31.03
- Boston Herald 05.23.04
- Milford Daily News 03.17.05
- Associated Press 04.25.05
- Telegram & Gazette 04.28.05
- Telegram & Gazette 05.11.05
- Telegram & Gazette 05.12.05
- Metro-West Daily News 03.18.06
- The Canoe 10.19.06
- Telegram & Gazette 10.19.06
- Telegram & Gazette 10.24.06
- Boston Herald 10.24.06
- Ottawa Citizen 11.08.06
- Boston Globe 11.20.11
- Boston Globe 11.20.11
- Chicago Tribune 03.11.12
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