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Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
Posted by David Clohessy on July 09, 2012
Two groups that focus on clergy sex crime and cover ups are urging a San Jose prosecutor to file perjury charges against a Catholic priest who allegedly molested more than a dozen children.
Leaders of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAPnetwork.org) and the National Survivors Advocate Coalition (NSAC) are writing Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff F. Rosen, urging him to pursue criminal charges against Fr. Jerold Lindner, who, both groups believe, lied on the witness stand in a recent criminal trial.
Fr. Lindner was called to testify in the case against William Lynch, a victim of child sex abuse who allegedly went to the facility where Lindner lives and beat the priest in May 2010. Last week, a jury acquitted Lynch on all charges.
Although Lindner has never been criminally charged with molesting Lynch, more than a dozen victims have come forward to say that Lindner sexually abused them as children, including Lindner’s sister, three nieces and a nephew.
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