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Ex-Catholic brother admits raping boys

Sentenced 5 years for repeat assaults of 2 DSS wards

Prosecutors said Edward Anthony Holmes, in Suffolk Superior Court yesterday, told the boys in the late 1970s that they must have sex with him or he'd block their foster home placement. Prosecutors said Edward Anthony Holmes, in Suffolk Superior Court yesterday, told the boys in the late 1970s that they must have sex with him or he'd block their foster home placement. (DAVID KAMERMAN/GLOBE STAFF)
By John R. Ellement
Globe Staff / December 22, 2006

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A former Catholic brother pleaded guilty yesterday to repeatedly raping and sexually assaulting two boys in the 1970s and '80s and was sentenced to five years and one day in state prison. (Full article: 333 words)

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