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Ralph Cipriano
Monsignor William J. Lynn confessed to a grand jury back in 2004 that he wasn’t qualified to investigate sexually abusive priests.
The monsignor’s admission came in response to a grand jury prosecutor, who asked Lynn if he realized that he needed more training to investigate sex crimes committed by priests against minors in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
“Today I do,” the monsignor told the grand jury back in 2004. When the grand jury prosecutor asked Lynn point-blank if he was qualified to investigate sex abuse, he responded simply, “No.”
The monsignor told the grand jury that he studied theology and philosophy at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, and also had a master’s degree in education administration. But when you’re trying to outwit a pedophile, “a degree in psychology, that would help,” the monsignor told the grand jury. So would some law enforcement seminars.
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