Father john geoghan killed in prison

American Catholic priest and child rapist

John Joseph "Jack" Geoghan (GAY-gən; June&#;4, &#;&#; August&#;23, ) was an American serial child rapist and Catholicpriest assigned to parishes in the Archdiocese of Boston in Massachusetts. He was reassigned to several parish posts involving interaction with children, even after receiving treatment for pedophilia.

The investigation and prosecution of Geoghan were one of the numerous cases of priests accused of child sexual abuse in a scandal that rocked the archdiocese in the s and s. It led to the resignation of Boston's archbishop, CardinalBernard Francis Law, on December 13, Law lost the support of fellow clergy and the laity after it was shown that his response to allegations against dozens of priests consisted of assigning them to different parishes, thus allowing sexual abuse of additional children to take place.^[1]

Geoghan was convicted of sexual abuse, laicized, and sentenced in to nine to Ex-priest Geoghan killed in prison - NBC News ZIB