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	Massachusetts: Priest Seeks New Trial Associated Press, carried in New York Times May 29, 2008 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/29/us/29brfs-PRIESTSEEKSN_BRF.html?_r= 2&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&ref=us&adxnnlx=1212066560-Xqli031CyTBjB7RfeZvmPg Seeking a new trial, a defrocked priest in the sex abuse scandal among clergy members in the Boston Archdiocese is challenging what are called the repressed memories of his accuser. The former priest, Paul Shanley, is serving a sentence of 12 to 15 years in prison after being convicted in 2005 of repeatedly raping a boy at a Newton parish in the 1980s. In a motion for a new trial, Mr. Shanley said his former lawyer did not properly challenge the repressed memory evidence that helped convict him. The boy testified that he had repressed memories of the abuse until 2002, when they returned as the scandal gained publicity. A judge is expected to hear arguments on Mr. Shanley's motion in Suffolk Superior Court on Thursday.
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