January 1, 2003
Priest pleads guilty to raping altar boy
By Sacha Pfeiffer, Globe Staff
The Rev. Ronald H. Paquin pleaded guilty to three counts of child rape and was sentenced to 12 to 15 years in prison, becoming the first Boston Archdiocese priest to admit guilt in a criminal molestation case since the sex abuse scandal exploded in January.
October 31, 2002
Judge warns archdiocese of heavy fines
By Matt Carroll, Globe Staff
Judge Constance M. Sweeney threatened the Archdiocese of Boston with heavy fines if it does not turn over psychiatric records in an abuse lawsuit against the Rev. Ronald H. Paquin.
July 9, 2002
Bishop says he accepted priests' denials of abuse
By Stephen Kurkjian and Matt Carroll, Globe Staff
N.H. Bishop John McCormack, formerly a top deputy to Cardinal Law, accepted without question denial by Paquin of sexual involvement with minors while still working in the Archdiocese of Boston.
May 30, 2002
Records show Law reassigned Paquin after settlements
By Stephen Kurkjian, Globe Staff
Cardinal Bernard F. Law reinstated the Rev. Ronald H. Paquin to priestly duties as recently as 1998, despite numerous detailed complaints of molestation against the priest and substantial monetary settlements to Paquin's accusers.
May 16, 2002
Former priest indicted on child-rape charges
By Michael Rezendes, Globe Staff
Paquin was indicted on three counts of child rape. He is charged with repeatedly abusing a young boy between 1989 and 1992, when he was associate pastor at St. John the Baptist.
May 8, 2002
Ex-priest Paquin held in rape case
By Sacha Pfeiffer and Kevin Cullen
Former priest Ronald H. Paquin was arrested at his Malden apartment and charged with one count of rape of a child under 16.
April 23, 2002
Parent alleges deterring by pastor
By Stephen Kurkjian, Globe Staff
The pastor of a Methuen parish reportedly rebuffed a parent's attempt to go to police with charges that his teenage son had been molested by Paquin in 1976.
April 11, 2002
Suit ties boy's death to abuse by priest
By Stephen Kurkjian and Walter V. Robinson, Globe Staff
The 1981 death of a 16-year-old boy during a weekend retreat with Paquin and three other Haverhill boys came shortly after the boy was abused by the allegedly drunk priest, a lawsuit charges.
March 20, 2002
Treatment center for priest called site of abuse
By Sacha Pfeiffer, Globe Staff
Our Lady's Hall in Milton, where Paquin was sent for treatment in 1990, was allegedly the site of the abuse of a Haverhill youth by the priest.
January 26, 2002
Priest says he, too, molested boys
By Sacha Pfeiffer and Steve Kurkjian, Globe Staff
In an interview with the Globe, Ronald H. Paquin acknowledged that he had molested boys in Haverhill and Methuen until 1989.
