PHILADELPHIA (PA)
NBC 10
[with video]
By Shelley Laurence and Dan Stamm
Friday, Feb 10, 2012
The day after Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua died, officials in Montgomery County asked the coroner to investigate the Catholic leader’s death.
The 88-year old Cardinal died on Jan. 31, a day after a judge found him competent to testify in the trial of a former aide.
That aide, Msgr. William Lynn, is accused of hiding predator priests by shuffling them from church to church. His trial is scheduled for next month. Bevilacqua wasn’t charged in the case.
Church officials say the Cardinal was suffering from cancer and dementia.
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