PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Newsworks
BY HOLLY OTTERBEIN
A Philadelphia judge set bail at $250,000 for Monsignor William Lynn Monday, following a Superior Court decision last week overturning his conviction.
Lynn was the first official in the Roman Catholic Church to be convicted in the United States for mishandling allegations of clergy sex abuse.
To be released, Lynn must post $25,000, relinquish his passport, as well as submit to electronic monitoring and weekly reporting.
A jury found Lynn guilty of child endangerment in 2012. Prosecutors said he transferred priests who were accused of sexual abuse to other parishes, rather than removing them.
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