PENNSYLVANIA
Centre Daily
BY MARYCLAIRE DALE
Associated Press
December 26, 2013
PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania appeals court has ruled that a Roman Catholic church official was wrongly convicted for his handling of priest sex-abuse complaints.
The unanimous decision released Thursday by the state Superior Court also dismisses the criminal case against Monsignor William Lynn.
Lynn has been serving three to six years in prison after his child-endangerment conviction last year. Prosecutors had argued that Lynn reassigned predators to new parishes in Philadelphia when he was secretary for clergy from 1992 to 2004.
Lynn’s conviction stems from the case of one priest, Edward Avery, found to have abused a child after such a transfer.
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