Vatican dismisses two more Mass. priests convivted of child molestation

[Ian David]

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Vatican dismisses 2 Boston-area priests accused of sexual abuse
By Associated Press
Friday, March 23, 2007 - Updated: 06:00 AM EST

BOSTON - The Vatican has dismissed two former Boston archdiocese priests who have been convicted of or face charges of sexually abusing children.

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Anthony J. Laurano, 82, of Hull, and W. James Nyhan, 61, of Billerica, were cut off Thursday from receiving any financial support from the archdiocese and may no longer function as priests except to offer absolution for dying persons, the archdiocese said in a prepared statement.

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Laurano was indicted last year on charges of molesting a mentally retarded boy who lived near him. At the time, Laurano already faced charges that he raped an 8-year-old boy 16 years ago while he was a pastor at St. Mary’s Church in Plymouth. Laurano pleaded innocent to the charges.

Nyhan pleaded guilty last spring in Charleston, S.C., to charges of sexually assaulting two boys while he worked at a church there 25 years ago. The Boston archdiocese suspended Nyhan in June 2002 after a Quincy man said Nyhan molested him repeatedly in the 1970s. Another man wrote to the archdiocese in 2002, saying he complained to the archdiocese in 1997 that Nyhan had molested him, but his complaint was ignored.

More:
http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=190370





March 23, 2007

Vatican dismisses 2 priest in sexual assaults

The Vatican has dismissed two former priests, including one who pleaded guilty last spring in Charleston to sexually assaulting two boys 25 years ago.

Former Boston archdiocese priests Anthony J. Laurano, 82, of Hull, and W. James Nyhan, 61, of Billerica, were cut off Thursday from receiving any financial support from the archdiocese and may no longer function as priests except to offer absolution for dying people, the archdiocese said in a prepared statement.

Laurano was indicted last year on charges of molesting a mentally retarded boy who lived near him. At the time, Laurano already faced charges that he raped an 8-year-old boy 16 years ago while he was a pastor at St. Mary's Church in Plymouth. Laurano pleaded innocent to the charges.

Nyhan pleaded guilty in Charleston to charges he assaulted two boys while he worked at a church there.

More:
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/news/local/16958283.htm

[wicket]

1. Sick, sick, SICK

:puke:

[Bridget Burke]

3. Is it sick that they were dismissed?

Would you prefer things be kept under the table?

At long last, the Church is doing the right thing.

[Ian David]

4. Only because they got CAUGHT. n/t

[wicket]

6. I'll never forgive them for moving Cardinal Law to the Vatican

He enabled these abusers for years. :puke:

[wicket]

5. Sick at what the priests did, OF COURSE

Give me a break. :eyes:

On edit - as a sexual abuse survivor, I resent your assumptions.

[Hubert Flottz]

2. The Lord works in mysterious ways.

I think I can be a better person if I stay away from trash like that!