CALIFORNIA
KCBS
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SAN JOSE (KCBS) – The judge overseeing the trial of a man accused of beating a Los Gatos priest Jerold Lindner sent the jury delayed testimony in the case because of legal questions over whether the cleric may have perjured himself on the witness stand.
Lindner testified on Wednesday that he did not molest William Lynch, the man facing felony assault and elder abuse charges for allegedly attacking him at a retirement home.
In her opening statement, Santa Clara deputy district attorney Vicki Gemetti indicated Lindner had molested Lynch, and advised the jury that that aspect of the priest’s testimony would be false.
Lynch claims Lindner raped him and his brother during a church camping trip in 1975 when the boys were 7 and 4 years old.
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