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	Desilets Said to Be 'Basically in a Vegetative State' By Shaun Sutner Telegram & Gazette [Worcester MA] April 28, 2005 WORCESTER— A retired priest who is facing 32 counts of sexual abuse of boys in Bellingham in the 1970s and 1980s was being treated at an undisclosed area hospital yesterday, according to jail officials. The Rev. Paul M. Desilets, 81, is seriously ill, suffering from diabetes and the effects of childhood polio. Contrary to reports circulating at the Worcester courthouse, the retired priest did not have a heart attack, said Mathew Beaudet, a spokesman for the Worcester County Jail and House of Correction in West Boylston. "He is basically in a vegetative state," Mr. Beaudet said. The retired priest is expected to return to the jail today, where he has been held in a single cell in a segregation unit used to house detainees, jail officials said. Rev. Desilets, sitting in a wheelchair with his mouth open, was arraigned Monday via video feed from the jail after his extradition from Canada last week. His lawyer entered a plea of not guilty on his behalf. Like all prisoners who are sent to the hospital, Rev. Desilets has been accompanied by a correction officer, Mr. Beaudet said.
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