Former priest convicted of sexually abusing child dies in Maine prison
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- wgme.comseen 16 Sept, 03:53headline rewritten
Former priest convicted for sexually assaulting a child dies in Maine prisonFormer priest convicted of sexually abusing child dies in Maine prison
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Mon, 14 September 2026
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Former priest convicted for sexually assaulting a child dies in Maine prisonRonald Paquin was incarcerated at Mountain View Correctional Facility in Charleston.
- whdh.com09:53
A convicted child rapist and former priest died in prison. Ronald Paquin, 83, was serving a 16-year sentence in Maine for sexually abusing an altar<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whdh.com/regional/maine/ronald-paquin-convicted-child-rapist-former-priest-dies-in-prison/">Read More</a>
Thu, 17 September 2026
1 report- The Guardian World10:00
Keith Townsend says he hopes death of Ronald Paquin in prison helps victims and families to ‘keep pressing forward’ A survivor of childhood sexual abuse by a defrocked Boston Catholic priest who was portrayed admitting to molesting minors in the Oscar-winning Hollywood film Spotlight says he hopes the clergyman’s recent death in prison helps victims of his crimes and their families “keep pressing forward every single day”. “We live with a big burden in our hearts and on our backs,” Keith...