PHILADELPHIA (PA)
The Morning Call
By Peter Hall and Michael Duck, Of The Morning Call
March 4, 2012
READ THE STORY: Cullen had secret list: New court filing says Allentown bishop, four others knew of 35 allegedly abusive priests
Nearly two decades ago, Allentown Bishop Edward Cullen was one of two or three high-ranking clergy present when the head of the Philadelphia Archdiocese ordered the shredding of a list of 35 priests suspected of sexually abusing children, according to a recent court filing in Philadelphia.
A copy of that list and a 1994 memo recording Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua’s instructions to destroy it has turned up in the case of Monsignor William Lynn, a former archdiocesan official charged with endangering the welfare of children and conspiracy for allegedly enabling priests to molest children.
Below are several key excerpts from the most recent filings in Lynn’s case.
From Lynn’s motion to dismiss (click to read the full document)
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