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fleetmouse
from Horny for Truth on 2003-08-23 15:43 [#00834141]
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BOSTON - Former priest John Geoghan, a convicted child molester who became a central figure in the Catholic church's sex abuse scandal, died Saturday after another inmate attacked him in prison, a state corrections spokeswoman said.
Geoghan was injured in an incident with another inmate about noon and died shortly after being taken to Leominster Hospital, said Department Of Correction spokeswoman Kelly Nantel.
The other inmate had been isolated and the incident was under investigation.
In civil lawsuits, more than 130 people have claimed Geoghan sexually abused them as children during his three decades as a priest at Boston-area parishes. He was convicted last year of indecent assault and battery.
Mitchell Garabedian, an attorney for many Geoghan victims, said he was "surprised and shocked" by Geoghan's death.
"Many of my clients would have rather seen Father Geoghan serve out his time in jail and endure the rigors of further criminal trials, so that his pedophile acts could have been exposed further," he said.
The church abuse scandal, which has had repercussions worldwide, broke in early 2002 with revelations that the Boston Archdiocese had shuttled Geoghan from parish to parish despite warnings about his behavior.
The scandal mushroomed after a judge ordered the release of archdiocese files involving dozens of priests, showing repeated examples of the archdiocese shipping priests to different parishes when allegations arose.
Rev. Christopher Coyne, a spokesman for the Archdiocese of Boston, offered prayers for Geoghan's family.
"Upon hearing the news of the tragic death of John Geoghan, the Archdiocese of Boston offers prayer for the repose of John's soul, and extends its prayers in consolation to his beloved sister, Kathy, at this time of personal loss," he said.
Geoghan was convicted in January 2002 for grabbing the buttocks of a 10-year-old boy in 1991 in the first of three criminal cases against him. He was sentenced to nine to 10 years in prison.
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fleetmouse
from Horny for Truth on 2003-08-23 15:44 [#00834142]
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In September 2002, the archdiocese settled with 86 Geoghan victims for $10 million, after pulling out of an earlier settlement of about $30 million.
One of those victims, Ralph DelVecchio, said Geoghan deserved prison but didn't deserve to be killed.
"I wouldn't say he deserved to die, you know?" DelVecchio said. "He was in jail — that's where I believed he should be."
DelVecchio said he didn't wish ill on Geoghan.
"It's over with," he said.
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Bob Mcbob
on 2003-08-23 15:47 [#00834143]
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i tuned into this thread just to see the fleetmousegirl.....rather not read about scary murderers and the ilk....
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fleetmouse
from Horny for Truth on 2003-08-23 15:48 [#00834145]
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I will protect you!
:: stands on guard over mcbob ::
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Bob Mcbob
on 2003-08-23 15:57 [#00834152]
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Yeah you go girl
*pictures the fleetmousegirl holding a huge gun and swaying her hips as if to say 'come and get it big boy', then sensually picks off the bad guys one by one*
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Oddioblender
from Fort Worth, TX (United States) on 2003-08-23 17:54 [#00834262]
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hahaha that's what he gets.
you can only hide behind your stature for so long before KARMA catches up with you.
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Jedi Chris
on 2003-08-23 17:57 [#00834264]
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People that commit crimes against children, should burn in hell. They deserve everything they get.
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ambsace
from canaDUH. on 2003-08-23 18:04 [#00834270]
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like that russian slut that gets off on killing people in goldeneye. tasty tasty.
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w M w
from London (United Kingdom) on 2003-08-23 18:51 [#00834292]
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It's only ok to molest kids if you're aphex twin or michael jackson.
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flim nanou
from out of the frying pan (United States) on 2003-08-23 19:50 [#00834329]
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catholics are sure scary sometimes... I hope that the "injury" which caused him to die shortly after he arrived atr the ER involved the abrupt and drastic widening of his wormy asshole...
actually, no, he'd probably like that. seriously, what's worse than being a pedophile in jail? they call 'em "short eyes..." I'd sure rather be dead
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