PHILADELPHIA (PA)
MSN News
A judge granted bail to Monsignor William Lynn, a Roman Catholic priest whose conviction in the clergy sex abuse scandal was reversed by an appeals court.
PHILADELPHIA — A Roman Catholic official whose novel conviction in the clergy sex abuse scandal was overturned by a Pennsylvania appeals court could be freed this week after a judge set his bail Monday at $250,000.
Monsignor William Lynn, currently an inmate at the state prison in Waymart, would have to submit to electronic monitoring and surrender his passport.
Lynn has been serving a three- to six-year sentence after being the first church official ever convicted over his handling of abuse claims against other priests.
A three-judge appellate panel threw out his conviction last week, saying Lynn was tried under a child-endangerment law that didn’t apply to him. On Monday, the defense lawyers asked Judge M. Teresa Sarmina to release the 62-year-old priest while prosecutors appeal.
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