Exhibit Eight in Msgr. Lynn Trial: Evil

By Susan Matthews
Catholics4Change
March 20, 2012

http://catholics4change.com/2012/03/20/exhibit-eight-in-msgr-lynn-trial-evil/

[The List Cardinal Bevilacqua Didn’t Want You to See]

The following 2004 testimony of Msgr. William J. Lynn in regard to a document dated Feb. 18, 1994 is admitted as evidence of conspiracy in the upcoming trial. Msgr. Molloy did not shred his copy as instructed by Cardinal Bevilacqua in 1994. It was recently recovered from a safe. It’s a good thing considering Msgr. Lynn’s faulty memory.

Q. And the first paragraph of this document reads: Father Beisel and I reviewed the 323 files that are presently stored in the secret archives. Attached is a list of priests who have been guilty of or accused of sexual misconduct with a minor according to the file material…

…Well, let me ask you this question then, Monsignor (Lynn): After you prepared this document, what action did you take as a result of having gone through the secret archive files? Did you make changes to anybody’s assignment? Did you say hey, we better take a look at this person because you know what, I realize that this person is in assignment and they have a history? Did you do anything like that after reviewing all of the secret files?

Msgr. Lynn: I – we may have.

Q. You don’t have any recollection of it?

Msgr. Lynn: I don’t.

….

Q. And this memo, apparently attached to it was the list of the priests; is that correct?

Msgr. Lynn: That’s right.

Q. And you can’t find that document?

Msgr. Lynn: I cannot.

Q. What would you have done once that person was in that (guilty) column, if you found out they were still in ministry?

A. Well, as I said, I don’t remember what I did ten years ago, but I think my mode of operation would have been to do something about him, if he was in ministry.

Q. Well, let me ask you this question specifically, and if yo don’t have the recollection, that’s fine, what about Father Cannon? Father Cannon had allegations that brought against him in 1964 by a number of different individuals, I think it was eight at the time, and those individuals were interviewed, and the allegations were determined by the interviewer to be credible allegations.

There was another allegation that came forward – well, I shouldn’t say another allegation, I’m sorry, one of the same victims notified the Archdiocese in 1992 as a result of the Porter case, wrote another letter to the Archdiocese, that’s 1992, and in 1994 when you went through the files, Father Cannon remained in ministry, do you recall that?

….up until December of 2003, is that right?

Msgr. Lynn: That’s right.