Shattuck patient convicted of raping 14-year-old volunteer

A Suffolk Superior Court jury today found Vernon Thompson guilty of raping the girl, participating in a volunteer program at Lemuel Shattuck Hospital in 2008, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.

Thompson, 40, was a patient at the Jamaica Plain hospital when he raped the girl in a stairwell. He faces life in prison. He is scheduled for sentencing on July 22.