Philadelphia Priest Convicted of Child Abuse

PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Prensa Latina

Washington, Jul 24 (Prensa Latina) Philadelphia”s Attorney”s Office confirmed today that Monsignor William Lynn will be convicted of being responsible for the Church”s greatest sex scandal in the United States or, even, in America.

Lynn, 61, faces up to seven years in prison for covering up child abuse committed by colleagues under his supervision between 1992 and 2004.

District judge Seth Williams wrote in the pre-sentence that the defendant should have been understood that the protection to U.S. child and the prestige of the ecclesiastical church were his jobs’ main task.

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