PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Philadelphia Inquirer
By John P. Martin
INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
A defense lawyer waiting for a verdict in the clergy sex abuse trial erupted in frustration on Tuesday morning after the jurors again asked to have more testimony read back to them.
“They have to do their job, they have to rely on their recollection,” the lawyer, William J. Brennan, told Common Pleas Court Judge M. Teresa Sarmina. “We can’t make a decision for them.”
Brennan’s outburst followed a new round of requests from jurors on their seventh day of deliberations.
The panel of seven men and five women is weighing attempted rape and endangerment charges against Brennan’s client, the Rev. James J. Brennan, and endangerment charges against Msgr. William J. Lynn, the former clergy secretary for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
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