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By Sheila Sanchez
Christina Smith and Joey Piscitelli, spokespeople for the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, addressed media questions Thursday morning related to the high-profile Los Gatos priest beating trial that began this week.
San Francisco resident William Lynch, 43, is accused of assaulting Jesuit Jerold Lindner at the Los Gatos Sacred Heart Jesuit Center May 10, 2010. Lynch says Lindner raped and sodomized him and his brother when they were 7 and 4 years of age in the 1970’s while on camping trips.
Lynch has plead not guilty to one count of felony assault with the intent to cause great bodily injury and one count of elder abuse under circumstances likely to produce great bodily harm or death.
On Wednesday, the start of the trial, Lindner took the stand and denied under oath molesting the boys. However, during opening statements, Santa Clara County Deputy Vicki Gemetti told the jury Lindner had molested Lynch some 30-plus years ago. The statement and Lindner’s testimony made defense attorney Pat Harris call for perjury charges.
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