PHILADELPHIA (PA)
WTRF
By MARYCLAIRE DALE
Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – A key witness is set to testify Wednesday in a groundbreaking clergy-abuse case in Philadelphia.
The former altar boy says he was raped by two priests and a teacher in the late 1990s.
And he says the Archdiocese of Philadelphia had an earlier complaint against 1 of them.
Defense lawyers have attacked the man’s credibility based on his history of drug and legal problems.
But one defendant, defrocked priest Edward Avery, pleaded guilty days before trial.
Jurors don’t know about the plea, but could learn of it if defense lawyers go too far in challenging the witness.
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