The Porter case caused a national outcry and the U.S. Conference of Bishops adopted new guidelines for handling priests charged with child molestation. Second conviction and imprisonment By 1993, dozens of lawsuits had cropped up against Porter in Minnesota, Texas and New Mexico; in Minnesota alone, he was charged with over 200 counts of sexual abuse. Porter's lawyer struck a plea bargain on 41 charges, and Porter was sentenced to 18 to 20 years in prison, with the possibility of parole, with counseling, after six years. Parole was consistently denied for several years. Porter completed his prison sentence in 2004, but was held until his death pending a civil commitment hearing. Death Porter died on February 11, 2005, of cancer at New England Medical Center in Boston, where he had been transferred the month before from a Massachusetts hospital. In popular culture The 1995 Law & Order episode "Bad Faith" and the 2010 Law & Order: UK episode "Confession" were based on Porter's case. His crimes were also referenced in the 2015 film Spotlight. References 1935 births 2005 deaths American people convicted of child sexual abuse American people convicted of indecent assault American people who died in prison custody American rapists Catholic priests convicted of child sexual abuse Deaths from cancer in Massachusetts Laicized Roman Catholic priests People from Revere, Massachusetts Prisoners who died in Massachusetts detention 20th-century American Roman Catholic priests Criminals from Massachusetts Catholics from Massachusetts American members of the clergy convicted of crimes