PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Reuters
By Dave Warner
PHILADELPHIA | Tue Mar 27, 2012
(Reuters) – One of the most closely watched child sex abuse trials involving the Roman Catholic Church began on Monday with a prosecutor asserting that Monsignor William Lynn was the “keeper of secrets” and his lawyer countering that he alone tried to stop the abuse.
At the center of opening arguments in the case against Lynn, the most senior cleric to stand trial in the church’s sex abuse scandal, was the Philadelphia Archdiocese’s “secret archive” of files containing information about hundreds of suspect priests.
Lynn, 61, is charged with endangering the welfare of children and conspiracy for covering up allegations against priests. He faces a maximum of 28 years in prison if convicted of all counts.
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