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FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2005 file photo, defrocked priest Paul Shanley, a figure in the sex scandal that rocked the Boston Roman Catholic Archdiocese, stands prior to the reading of a verdict in his trial at Middlesex Superior Court in Cambridge, Mass. Shanley was convicted of raping and fondling a boy at his Roman Catholic church during the 1980s and sentenced to 12 years in prison. Shanley is due to be released Friday, July 28, 2017. (Mark Garfinkel/The Boston Herald via AP, Pool, File)
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Denis O'Connor, left, and John Harris, speak after a news conference Wednesday, July 26, 2017, in Boston on the upcoming release from prison of defrocked priest Paul Shanley. Both men said Shanley raped them decades ago. They said they are concerned that Shanley could abuse more children once he gets out of prison. (AP Photo/Denise Lavoie)
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FILE--In this Feb. 15, 2005 file photo defrocked priest Paul Shanley is led from Middlesex Superior Court in Cambridge, Mass. in handcuffs following his sentence of 12 to 15 years in prison for raping a boy repeatedly in the 1980s. Prosecutors in Massachusetts say that Shanley, one of the most notorious figures in the Boston clergy sex abuse scandal, has completed his sentence on child rape charges and will be released from prison this week. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
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FILE--In this Jan. 31, 2005 file photo, defrocked priest Paul Shanley listens during testimony in his trial at Middlesex Superior Court in Cambridge, Mass. Prosecutors in Massachusetts say one of the most notorious figures in the Boston clergy sex abuse scandal has completed his sentence on child rape charges and will be released from prison this week. Shanley was known in the 1960s and '70s for being a hip "street priest" who reached out to troubled youths. But in 2005, he was convicted of repeatedly raping and fondling a boy at a suburban parish in the 1980s. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
