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Prison justice
bsally
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Just to be clear, I am not condoning what happened to the guy.
By ROBERT O'NEILL
(AP) Former priest John Geoghan, left, is shown at his sex abuse trial in the Middlesex Superior Court,...
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BOSTON (AP) - Former priest John Geoghan, a convicted child molester who became a central figure in the Catholic church's sex abuse scandal, died Saturday after another inmate attacked him in prison, a state corrections spokeswoman said.
Geoghan was injured in an incident with another inmate about noon and died shortly after being taken to Leominster Hospital, said Department Of Correction spokeswoman Kelly Nantel.
The other inmate had been isolated and the incident was under investigation.
In civil lawsuits, more than 130 people have claimed Geoghan sexually abused them as children during his three decades as a priest at Boston-area parishes. He was convicted last year of indecent assault and battery.
Mitchell Garabedian, an attorney for many Geoghan victims, said he was "surprised and shocked" by Geoghan's death.
"Many of my clients would have rather seen Father Geoghan serve out his time in jail and endure the rigors of further criminal trials, so that his pedophile acts could have been exposed further," he said.
The church abuse scandal, which has had repercussions worldwide, broke in early 2002 with revelations that the Boston Archdiocese had shuttled Geoghan from parish to parish despite warnings about his behavior.
The scandal mushroomed after a judge ordered the release of archdiocese files involving dozens of priests, showing repeated examples of the archdiocese shipping priests to different parishes when allegations arose.
Rev. Christopher Coyne, a spokesman for the Archdiocese of Boston, offered prayers for Geoghan's family.
(AP) Defrocked priest John Geoghan appears in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., in this...
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"Upon hearing the news of the tragic death of John Geoghan, the Archdiocese of Boston offers prayer for the repose of John's soul, and extends its prayers in consolation to his beloved sister, Kathy, at this time of personal loss," he said.
Geoghan was convicted in January 2002 for grabbing the buttocks of a 10-year-old boy in 1991 in the first of three criminal cases against him. He was sentenced to nine to 10 years in prison.
In September 2002, the archdiocese settled with 86 Geoghan victims for $10 million, after pulling out of an earlier settlement of about $30 million.
One of those victims, Ralph DelVecchio, said Geoghan deserved prison but didn't deserve to be killed.
"I wouldn't say he deserved to die, you know?" DelVecchio said. "He was in jail - that's where I believed he should be."
DelVecchio said he didn't wish ill on Geoghan.
"It's over with," he said.
SALLY
Committee member-Ducks Unlimited
By ROBERT O'NEILL
(AP) Former priest John Geoghan, left, is shown at his sex abuse trial in the Middlesex Superior Court,...
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BOSTON (AP) - Former priest John Geoghan, a convicted child molester who became a central figure in the Catholic church's sex abuse scandal, died Saturday after another inmate attacked him in prison, a state corrections spokeswoman said.
Geoghan was injured in an incident with another inmate about noon and died shortly after being taken to Leominster Hospital, said Department Of Correction spokeswoman Kelly Nantel.
The other inmate had been isolated and the incident was under investigation.
In civil lawsuits, more than 130 people have claimed Geoghan sexually abused them as children during his three decades as a priest at Boston-area parishes. He was convicted last year of indecent assault and battery.
Mitchell Garabedian, an attorney for many Geoghan victims, said he was "surprised and shocked" by Geoghan's death.
"Many of my clients would have rather seen Father Geoghan serve out his time in jail and endure the rigors of further criminal trials, so that his pedophile acts could have been exposed further," he said.
The church abuse scandal, which has had repercussions worldwide, broke in early 2002 with revelations that the Boston Archdiocese had shuttled Geoghan from parish to parish despite warnings about his behavior.
The scandal mushroomed after a judge ordered the release of archdiocese files involving dozens of priests, showing repeated examples of the archdiocese shipping priests to different parishes when allegations arose.
Rev. Christopher Coyne, a spokesman for the Archdiocese of Boston, offered prayers for Geoghan's family.
(AP) Defrocked priest John Geoghan appears in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., in this...
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"Upon hearing the news of the tragic death of John Geoghan, the Archdiocese of Boston offers prayer for the repose of John's soul, and extends its prayers in consolation to his beloved sister, Kathy, at this time of personal loss," he said.
Geoghan was convicted in January 2002 for grabbing the buttocks of a 10-year-old boy in 1991 in the first of three criminal cases against him. He was sentenced to nine to 10 years in prison.
In September 2002, the archdiocese settled with 86 Geoghan victims for $10 million, after pulling out of an earlier settlement of about $30 million.
One of those victims, Ralph DelVecchio, said Geoghan deserved prison but didn't deserve to be killed.
"I wouldn't say he deserved to die, you know?" DelVecchio said. "He was in jail - that's where I believed he should be."
DelVecchio said he didn't wish ill on Geoghan.
"It's over with," he said.
SALLY
Committee member-Ducks Unlimited
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(AP) Boston Priest wrongfully imprisoned,...
BOSTON (AP) - A local Priest convicted of child molesting died at Leominster Hospital, according to the Department of Corrections. He died of internal bleeding after he was brutally beaten by fellow inmates with a broomhandle. Doctors at Leominster stated that his lower intestines were breached by the broom handle causing the internal bleeding.
After news of his death was announced three of the alleged molested children admitted that the priest had never touched them and their statements were made to 'stop the priest from cutting play time from twice a day to once' as the children have stated.
Investigator's have also revealed that the children whom claimed they were molested in prior years were never even in the State of Massachusset's when the alleged crimes took place. It is suspected that the parent's of the children had made the claims as they attempted to recieve monetary compensation.
The Archdiocese of Boston has filed a lawsuit againts the State of Massachusset's on behalf of the their fallen priest in the amount of $215 million dollars for damages to it's church, the death of it's worker, and the desecration of God before the American people.
This isn't real....I wish it was though.
"He that hath no sword, let him sell his garment and buy one."
- Jesus Christ in Luke 22:36
It's pathetic. If a kid can't trust his priest, minister, rabbi, how can they trust anyone? I have 4 lady friends (around 30 -50 years old now) that were molested by their dad. One handles it well. Two are sociopaths but still work and live an independant life. One is institutionalized. This isn't something that kids "just get over". They carry it for life.
Just my limited experience.
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