Pa. monsignor: Tough choice on challenging accuser

PHILADELPHIA (PA)
New Jersey Herald

By MARYCLAIRE DALE
Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – PHILADELPHIA – The defense in a clergy-abuse trial is between a rock and a hard place in deciding whether to challenge the credibility of a man who says he was raped by two Catholic priests and his fifth-grade teacher.

If they do, a judge is likely to let jurors hear that 1 of the priests has pleaded guilty.

The accuser is set to testify Wednesday in the child-endangerment trial of Monsignor William Lynn.

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