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Paul Shanley

Defrocked American priest (1931-2020)

Fame44.9
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Wikipedia1.7K

Lived 1931–2020, aged 89United States

United States Religious Figures

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1931–2020
Aged 89

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Updated 2026-08-11

Paul Richard Shanley was an American Roman Catholic priest who became the center of a massive sexual abuse scandal in the Archdiocese of Boston in Massachusetts. Beginning in 1967, the archdiocese covered up numerous allegations of child sexual assault against Shanley and facilitated his transfers to other states.

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