PENNSYLVANIA
The Daily Times
Published: Sunday, June 24, 2012
By JEFF WOLFE
jwolfe@delcotimes.com
@delcoreporter
When a Philadelphia jury delivered a child endangerment conviction against Monsignor William Lynn on Friday, it may have been the end of a trial, but the beginning of other things for the victims and the Catholic church in the region.
“I think in regard to the whole process, when it comes to healing, I just don’t know that healing can come by way of a trial,” said Father James Olson, who is the president of Monsignor Bonner and Archbishop Prendergast High School in Upper Darby. “It can bring about a sense of closure and at best a sense of justice, but neither of those things can bring healing. I still pray for healing.”
Olson says first and foremost that he is praying for those who were abused.
“There has to be a lot of sorrow for the victims,” he said. “Sometimes in the middle of a trial, when you are thinking about results, and you focus so much on that, you begin to lose focus on the victims. That always has to be first in our minds and prayers.”
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