PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Catholics4Change
March 20, 2012 by Susan Matthews
[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.
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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.
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