SAN JOSE (CA)
The Fresno Bee
By TERRY COLLINS – Associated Press
Thursday, Jul. 05, 2012 | 02:52 PM
SAN JOSE, Calif. — A jury has acquitted a man charged with assaulting a retired priest he says molested him more than three decades ago in California.
The jury of nine men and three women returned its verdict Thursday against William Lynch after starting deliberations Monday in San Jose.
Prosecutors say Lynch acted as a vigilante when he pummeled Jerold Lindner with his fists in the 2010 attack. They said Lynch’s testimony about his alleged sexual abuse by Lindner was no excuse for beating up the priest years later.
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