Priest convicted of raping boy in US

Defrocked priest Paul Shanley, the most notorious figure in the sex scandal that rocked the Boston Archdiocese, has been convicted of raping and fondling a boy at his church during the 1980s.

Yesterday’s conviction on all four charges gives prosecutors a high-profile victory in their effort to bring paedophile priests to justice for decades of abuse at Roman Catholic parishes around the United States.