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Kelley RobertE Biography

American ecclesiastic, this Roman Catholic Priest was convicted of sexually molesting 50 to 100 young girls while he was an associate pastor at St. Cecilias parish in Leominster, MA from 1976 to 1983. On May 6, 2002, he was charged with raping two girls in Leominster and Gardner, MA more than 20 years before. Although he originally pleaded not guilty in June 2002, he changed his plea to guilty. On October 1, 2003, he was sentenced to jail for 5-7 years with 20 years probation. While he has not been defrocked, he has not been active in the priesthood since 1986. Kelley pleaded guilty in March 1990 to assault with intent to rape a young girl and was sentenced at that time to 6 1/2 year in prison. He was released from that sentence in 1997. His victims were between four and nine years of age. Read less