PHILADELPHIA (PA)
CBS Philly
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By Pat Ciarrocchi
PHILADELPHIA (CBS)
– In Philadelphia’s landmark clergy sex abuse trial, Defendant Monsignor William Lynn returns to the stand on Tuesday morning, entering a seventh hour of cross-examination.
Lynn’s defending himself against charges that he endangered children, while in his role as Secretary of the Clergy from 1992 to 2004 — while working for the late Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua.
Prosecutors have built their case around documents and testimony they believe proves that Lynn kept in ministry, priests who were known to sexually abuse children.
Just as the jury listens to Lynn’s defense which opened on Tuesday, observers in the courtroom are weighing the evidence too.
“No doubt about it, there are tough questions that he has to answer,” said John White, a parishioner from Monsignor Lynn’s Downingtown parish. He and 14 others traveled from Chester County to Philadelphia to give him moral support.
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