MASSACHUSETTS
Associated Press
BRIDGEWATER, Mass. (AP) — The Latest on the release from prison of a former Roman Catholic priest convicted of child rape (all times local):
10:15 a.m.
Police in the town where a notorious figure in the Boston Roman Catholic priest child abuse scandal is expected to live have plenty of experience with sex offenders.
Paul Shanley was released Friday from prison after spending 12 years behind bars on a child rape conviction. The state’s sex offender registry shows Shanley is the 20th Level 3 sex offender to move to Ware. Level 3 offenders are considered the most likely to re-offend.
Several other sex offenders already live on the street where the 86-year-old Shanley will live.
Ware Police Chief Shawn Crevier says it’s one the most heavily patrolled areas of the town.
He says he will “do what we need to do to make sure the citizens are protected and (Shanley’s) rights are also protected.”
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