[Dialup Llama]

I've been trying to add it up, but the article is not making it easy. How old was the boy when these acts occured? The media wants to put stuff like this all under the pedophilia category rather than the homosexual category.

[BansheeBill]

How old was the boy when these acts occured?

One of the boys was 8 years old according to new reports.

[BansheeBill]

This is from a Boston Herald article, describing Paul Busa's description of what Shanley did to him (5/3):

He said he remembered Shanley pulling him out of class and leading him to the bathroom in the church basement. Inside, the lights were off, and Busa stood by the far wall as the priest walked toward him, arms outstretched. From the time Busa was 6 until he was about 10, he said, Shanley repeated this ritual, pulling down the boy's pants or directing him to do so himself so that Shanley could fondle him.

At other times, Busa said, the priest invited him up to the rectory for a game of ``War,'' a variation on strip poker requiring the loser to undress. Eventually, he said, Shanley moved their meetings to the confessional, raping him from the time he was 6 until he was nearly 10. Busa said if he resisted, the priest reminded him that, if he ever told people, they would never believe him. ``He was that well liked,'' Busa said.