PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Capital Public Radio
By Eyder Peralta
During sentencing the judge said William Lynn had enabled “monsters in clerical garb” to abuse children.
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Monsignor William Lynn, who became the first Catholic leader convicted in the church sex abuse scandal, was sentenced to three to six years in prison.
The AP reports:
“The former secretary for clergy at the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, handled priest assignments and child sexual assault complaints from 1992 to 2004.
“Judge M. Teresa Sarmina said Lynn enabled ‘monsters in clerical garb … to destroy the souls of children, to whom you turned a hard heart.’
“She added: ‘You knew full well what was right, Monsignor Lynn, but you chose wrong.'”
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