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	Former Cambridge Priest Found Guilty in 1980s Rape The Associated Press, carried in Portsmouth Herald June 29, 2006 http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/06282006/south_of/108933.htm Cambridge, Mass. - A former Cambridge priest was convicted Tuesday of raping a teenage boy in the 1980s. A jury deliberated for just over an hour before finding the Rev. Paul William Hurley, 62, of Sandwich, guilty of repeatedly raping a 15-year-old South Boston boy in 1987 and 1988 in rectory of Blessed Sacrament Parish in Cambridge, where Hurley worked. An investigation into the alleged rapes began in 2001 when the victim, who was 29 at the time, told out-of-state police about the assault, according to the Middlesex District Attorney's office. Authorities contacted the Cambridge police that year, and Hurley was indicted in August 2002. Hurley pleaded not guilty at his arraignment later that month and was released on personal recognizance with several conditions, including that he have no unsupervised contact with children younger than 16. Hurley's trial began Monday. Hurley, who is not currently assigned to a parish, will begin serving a provisional three-year sentence immediately. His official sentencing is scheduled for July 27.
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