BOSTON (AP) — The inmate accused of strangling former priest John Geoghan in his prison cell apparently wanted to avenge the nearly 150 children Geoghan allegedly molested, the suspect's lawyer said Wednesday.
Attorney John LaChance said he expects to pursue an insanity defense for Joseph L. Druce in the slaying over the weekend.
Geoghan, 68, was serving a nine- to 10-year sentence for groping a 10-year-old boy and was accused of molesting nearly 150 boys over three decades. His case triggered the sex scandal that has rocked the nation's Roman Catholic Church.
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LaChance, who met with Druce in prison for the first time Wednesday, said Druce "was upset what had happened to all those children."