CALIFORNIA
Contra Costa Times

By Tracey Kaplan and Robert Salonga Mercury News contracostatimes.com
Posted: 09/12/2012

Santa Clara County prosecutors have declined to file perjury charges against a former Jesuit priest who denied molesting a boy who as an adult was acquitted of assaulting the ex-clergyman in retaliation.

Jerold Lindner testified during Will Lynch’s trial that he did not molest Lynch as a child in 1975. Lynch said the molestation motivated him, years later, to confront Lindner at his Los Gatos retirement home and attack him.

District Attorney Jeff Rosen said in a statement that while he believes that Lindner lied, the DA’s office was constrained by legal guidelines in its decision. He said his office consulted with Lynch before announcing the decision.