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Ex-priest Pleads Guilty in Phila. Archdiocese Sex Abuse Case

WPVI
March 22, 2012

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=8591260

68-year-old Edward Avery faces charges of rape, indecent sexual assault and other criminal charges. Avery, along with Engelhardt, is accused of assaulting a 10-year-old boy at St. Jerome Parish from 1998 to 1999. If convicted he could face a maximum of 67 years in prison.

Action News has learned that one of the priests charged in the abuse case involving the Philadelphia Archdiocese has pleaded guilty to sex-related and conspiracy charges.

Edward Avery, 69, a defrocked Philadelphia priest, pleaded guilty Thursday to involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and conspiracy to endanger the welfare of a child.

He was immediately sentenced to 2? to five years in prison and was ordered to surrender within 10 days.

The charge stems from Avery's abuse of a boy at St. Jerome's Parish in Northeast Philadelphia.

The guilty plea comes days before the start of a landmark priest abuse trial in Philadelphia.

Two other church officials will still go on trial.

One is Monsignor William Lynn, the first U.S. church official ever charged with endangering children for allegedly failing to oust accused predators from the priesthood.

 

 

 

 

 




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