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	News Organizations Challenge Judge's Ruling against Using Name of Alleged Victim in Priest Case WPRI [Cambridge MA] Downloaded January 5, 2005 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. The criminal case in Massachusetts against defrocked priest Paul Shanley may collapse because an alleged sexual abuse victim does not want to be publicly identified during the trial. The person has been identified in the past and given interviews to the media. The Associated Press and two Boston newspapers are challenging a judge's order that forbids identifying victims, claiming it violates the First Amendment. The judge is considering the challenge. In the past year, prosecutors dropped two alleged victims from the case, and plan to drop a third. It leaves just one accuser when Shanley goes on trial January 18th.
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