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Priest who abused boys, made 1 confess, sentenced to prison

BROOKVILLE, Pa. — A Roman Catholic priest who pleaded guilty to sexually abusing two boys and making one of them say confession after the assaults was sentenced to two-and-a-half to 14 years in prison on Friday.

David Lee Poulson is one of two priests charged as a result of a damning Pennsylvania grand jury report that named almost 300 predator priests accused of abusing more than 1,000 victims in six of the state's dioceses.

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Court records show 65-year-old Poulson is scheduled to be sentenced at 1 p.m. Friday after pleading guilty in October to corruption of minors and child endangerment.

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Prosecutors say Poulson abused an altar boy in church rectories more than 20 times and had him confess afterward.

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