Jury Is Selected in Rape Trial of Defrocked Priest
From Times Wire Reports
A jury was seated in Cambridge to hear the child-rape case against defrocked priest Paul Shanley, one of the most notorious figures in the Boston Archdiocese sex scandal.
Opening statements are set for Monday. Eight men and eight women will hear the case. They will later be split into a 12-member jury and four alternates.
Shanley, 73, is accused of molesting a former altar boy. The alleged victim, now 27, said Shanley raped him repeatedly at St. Jean’s parish in Newton between 1983 and 1989.
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