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May 29, 2021 · The police had long believed Richard R. Lavigne killed Danny Croteau, 13. Just hours after they began drafting a request for an arrest warrant, investigators learned that the former priest had...
May 24, 2021 · SPRINGFIELD, MASS. (WHDH) - Prosecutors say they were prepared to charge a former Roman Catholic priest in the murder of a 13-year-old alter boy back in 1972, and while the priest died last week...
May 25, 2021 · May 24, 2021, 5:15 PM PDT. By Tim Fitzsimons. Authorities in Massachusetts say a defrocked priest was responsible for the death of a child in a cold case from 1972 — but the suspect died last ...
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Jul 11, 2021 · Massachusetts State Trooper Michael T. McNally drew detailed revelations from enigmatic defrocked priest Richard Lavigne as he lay dying, in pursuit of answers in the 1972 killing of altar boy ...
Richard Roger Lavigne (February 18, 1941 – May 21, 2021) was a laicized priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts and convicted sex offender. Lavigne was at the center of the priest abuse scandal in the Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts with about 40 claims of sexual abuse of minors placed against him.
May 25, 2021 · Hampden District Attorney. NY CNN —. Nearly 50 years after a Massachusetts teenager was murdered, officials announced Monday that a Catholic priest close to the family was responsible for the...
May 24, 2021 · May 24, 2021, 04:14 PM EDT. BOSTON (AP) — Investigators were preparing to seek an arrest warrant for a defrocked Roman Catholic priest long considered a suspect in the 1972 killing of a western Massachusetts altar boy shortly before his death last week, a prosecutor said Monday.
