PHILADELPHIA (PA)
NBC 10
The high-ranking official in the Philadelphia Archdiocese will remain behind bars while he awaits sentencing.
On Thursday morning a judge shot down Monsignor William Lynn’s request to release him to house arrest as he awaits sentencing on felony child endangerment.
A jury convicted Lynn of the felony last month. They also found him not guilty of two other charges.
Lynn faces three and half to seven years in prison when he’s sentenced. His attorneys asked a judge to release him from custody until his sentencing.
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