Zinc Master
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Shanley Convicted of Child Rape in Mass.
By DENISE LAVOIE, Associated Press Writer
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Defrocked priest Paul Shanley, the most notorious figure in the sex scandal that rocked the Boston Archdiocese, was convicted Monday of raping and fondling a boy at his Roman Catholic church during the 1980s.
The conviction on all four charges gives prosecutors a high-profile victory in their effort to bring pedophile priests to justice for decades of abuse at parishes around the country.
Shanley, 74, could get life in prison for two counts each of child rape and indecent assault and battery on a child when he is sentenced Feb. 15. His bail was revoked and he was immediately led off to jail.
The victim, now 27, put his head down and sobbed as the verdicts were announced after a trial that turned on the reliability of what he claimed were recovered memories of the long-ago abuse. Shanley showed no emotion as he stood next to his attorney, Frank Modano.
"It appears that the absence of a case is not an impediment to securing a conviction," said Mondano, who promised to appeal.
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A man's walking home late at night when he sees a woman in the shadows.
"Twenty bucks," she says.
He'd never been with a hooker before, but he decides what the hell it's only twenty bucks.
They're going at it for a minute when all of a sudden a light flashes on them. It's a police officer.
"What's going on here, people?" asks the officer.
"I'm making love to my wife," the man answers indignantly.
"Oh, I'm sorry," says the cop, "I didn't know."
"Well," said the man, "neither did I until you shined that light in her face.
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Tue Feb 8 '05 6:32:19 am
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Zinc Master
Zinc Master
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estrela
Hi - so, how is your day going?
Over here, it just started to snow, after a few days above freezing.
WHERE OH WHERE IS SPRING?
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Tue Feb 8 '05 11:52:17 am
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"that's hot"
'Simple Life' Star Nicole Richie Engaged
Life is becoming less simple for Nicole Richie. The co-star of the Fox reality show, "The Simple Life," has become engaged to her boyfriend of one year, disc jockey Adam Goldstein, her publicist, Cindy Guagenti, announced Tuesday.
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Tue Feb 8 '05 3:15:57 pm
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Zinc Master
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this guy is nuts (or is it nutless?)
Well, at Least He Won't Be Fathering More Fans...
LONDON (Reuters) - A Welsh rugby fan cut off his own testicles to celebrate Wales beating England at rugby, the Daily Mirror reported Tuesday.
Geoff Huish, 26, was so convinced England would win Saturday's match he told fellow drinkers at a social club, "If Wales win I'll cut my balls off," the paper said.
Friends at the club in Caerphilly, south Wales, thought he was joking.
But after the game Huish went home, severed his testicles with a knife, and walked 200 yards back to the bar with the testicles to show the shocked drinkers what he had done.
Huish was taken to hospital where he remained in serious condition, the paper said.
Wales's 11-9 victory over England at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff was their first home win over England in 12 years.
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