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	Convicted Priest Pedophile Will Remain behind Bars My Fox [Jersey City NJ] February 22, 2007 http://www.myfoxny.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=2473952&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1 A defrocked priest who admitted abusing young boys for years will remain behind bars. In 2005, James Hanley admitted sexually abusing a dozen boys over an almost 15 year period. The admission was part of a settlement between the Diocese of Paterson and a group of men who said they were abused by the priest. But since the crimes occurred between 1968 and 1982, the statute of limitations had already expired, and Hanley couldn't be criminally charged with the crimes. Hanley ended up behind bars last year after threatening employees of a Secaucus hotel with a bat. Yesterday, a Superior Court judge rejected his application to enter a pretrial intervention program that would have let him out of jail. A number of his victims were on hand and said they were pleased that he would stay in jail.
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