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2. Sexual abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston

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   In early 2002, The Boston Globe published results of an investigation that led to the criminal prosecutions of five Roman Catholic priests and thrust the sexual abuse of minors by Catholic clergy into the national spotlight. [1] [2] [3] Another accused priest who was involved in the Spotlight scandal also pleaded guilty. [4]

3. Saint Francis House (Boston) - Wikipedia

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   Saint Francis House is a nonprofit, nonsectarian, daytime shelter, primarily for the homeless, located in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, and founded in the early 1980s. It is the largest daytime shelter in New England and serves as an early model of such a center. It serves free breakfast and lunch in its dining room to over 600 guests each day.

4. Cathedral High School (Boston) - Wikipedia

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   Cathedral High School was founded as an archdiocesan high school in 1926 by Cardinal William Henry O'Connell, then-Archbishop of Boston, primarily to educate the sons and daughters of Boston's large immigrant and first-generation American population. Cardinal O'Connell tasked the Sisters of St. Joseph with teaching at the new school.

5. Boston Light - Wikipedia

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   October 15, 1966. Boston Light is a lighthouse located on Little Brewster Island in outer Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. [3] [4] The first lighthouse to be built on the site dates back to 1716, and was the first lighthouse to be built in what is now the United States. The current lighthouse dates from 1783, is the second oldest working ...

6. Boston Massachusetts Temple - Wikipedia

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   The Boston Massachusetts Temple is located in the suburb of Belmont, Massachusetts and was dedicated for use on October 1, 2000. When LDS Church president Gordon B. Hinckley announced the building of small temples in April 1998, he also spoke of a goal to have 100 temples built by the end of 2000. The Boston Massachusetts Temple marked the ...

7. Boston Navy Yard - Wikipedia

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   The Boston Navy Yard, originally called the Charlestown Navy Yard and later Boston Naval Shipyard, was one of the oldest shipbuilding facilities in the United States Navy. It was established in 1801 as part of the recent establishment of the new U.S. Department of the Navy in 1798. After 175 years of military service, it was decommissioned as a ...

8. Music of Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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   Music of Massachusetts. Massachusetts is a U.S. state in New England. The music of Massachusetts has developed actively since it was first colonized by Britain. The city of Boston is an especially large part of the state's present music scene, which includes several genres of rock, as well as classical, folk, and hip hop music .

9. Thompson Island (Massachusetts) - Wikipedia

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   Thompson Island (Massachusetts) Thompson Island is a 170-acre (69 ha) island in the Dorchester Bay section of Boston Harbor, offshore from downtown Boston, Massachusetts. It is located slightly more than 4 miles (6.4 km) from Boston's Long Wharf via boat, [1] while approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) straight-line distance from Boston's Columbia Point .