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COMMONWEALTH v. SHANLEY

SJC-10382.

455 Mass. 752 (2010)

COMMONWEALTH v. PAUL SHANLEY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

January 15, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. Shaw, Jr., for the defendant.

Loretta M. Lillios & Bethany Stevens, Assistant District Attorneys, for the Commonwealth.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

R. Christopher Barden & Eric Tennen for International Committee of Social, Psychiatric, Psychological, Cognitive Science, Neuroscience, and Neurological Scientists.

Paul R. Rudof, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for Committee for Public Counsel Services.

Wendy J. Murphy for Leadership Council for Child Abuse and Interpersonal Violence.

Thomas A. Pavlinic for False Memory Syndrome Foundation.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., IRELAND, SPINA, COWIN, CORDY, BOTSFORD, & GANTS, JJ.

CORDY, J.

On February 7, 2005, Paul Shanley was convicted of sexual abuse of a child: two indictments charging rape, in violation of G. L. c. 265, § 23; and two indictments charging indecent assault and battery on a person under the age of fourteen years, in violation of G. L. c. 265, § 13B. The abuse occurred between 1983 and 1989 when the victim was attending Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (CCD) classes at the church where the defendant served as...

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