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BOSTON (AP) - The Vatican has dismissed two former Boston archdiocese priests who were accused of sexually abusing children.
Anthony J. Laurano, 82, and W. James Nyhan, 61, were cut off Thursday from receiving any financial support from the archdiocese and may no longer function as priests except to offer absolution for dying persons, the archdiocese said in a prepared statement.
"For those who have been sexually abused by members of the clergy, I sincerely apologize for the suffering you and your families have endured," Cardinal Sean O'Malley said in the statement. "Sexual crimes perpetrated against children or vulnerable adults by priests are shameful and grievous."
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