PHILADELPHIA (PA)
NBC 10
By Jackie Gailey
Tuesday, Sep 18, 2012
Eight new civil lawsuits claiming the Archdiocese of Philadelphia covered up child sex abuse allegations have been filed in Philadelphia.
Attorneys with Jeff Anderson & Associates have scheduled a news conference for 1 p.m. on Tuesday in Center City to announce the filings by nine alleged survivors of clergy abuse.
Named in the lawsuits are the Archdiocese, Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, Cardinal Justin Rigali, Msgr. William Lynn and the seven individual priests accused of sexual abuse.
Lynn, the former secretary for clergy at the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, was convicted in June of child endangerment for failing to oust then-priest Edward Avery after a 1992 sex abuse complaint. Lynn is serving three to six years in prison.
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