WORCESTER (MA)
Telegram & Gazette
By Shaun Sutner TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF
ssutner@telegram.com
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.