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The Worthy Adversary
Posted by Joelle Casteix on June 21, 2012
William Lynch has been on my mind quite a bit lately.
For anyone who doesn’t know, Lynch is accused of beating up Fr. Jerold Lindner, a Jesuit priest who — even the Jesuits concede — molested Lynch and his younger brother.
In May 2010, Lynch went into the San Jose, CA-area facility where Lindner lives and asked the priest if he recognized him. When Lindner didn’t, Lynch beat him up out of frustration that Lindner never admitted or acknowledged abusing him and at least a dozen other children. Although Lynch sued the Jesuits and received a settlement as compensation for the abuse, I can only assume that Lynch was frustrated that Lindner is still a free man, under the complete care of the Jesuits’ California Province.
The alleged abuse is horrific:
From ABC News:
The Lynches, who were 7 and 4 at the time, were raped in the woods and forced to have oral sex with each other while Lindner watched, according to a civil lawsuit. Lindner has been accused of abuse by nearly a dozen people, including his own sister and nieces and nephews, but was never criminally charged because the allegations were too old.
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