PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Philadelphia Inquirer
By Joseph A. Slobodzian and John P. Martin
INQUIRER STAFF WRITERS
A Philadelphia judge has dismissed the count alleging a conspiracy to endanger children against Msgr. William J. Lynn and the Rev. James J. Brennan.
In a ruling shortly before 4 p.m. today, Common Pleas Court Judge M. Teresa Sarmina granted motions for acquittal on the conspiracy count against the two clerics in the landmark trial over child sex-abuse by Archdiocese of Philadelphia priests.
But Sarmina denied defense motions to throw out the remaining counts against Lynn and Brennan, meaning that those charges will be left to the jury to decide.
The rulings by the judge were made outside the jury’s presence after a curtailed morning session in which the prosecutors rested their case after calling nearly 50 witnesses and presenting close to 1,900 pieces of evidence.
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