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Superior Court Reverses Roman Catholic Church Monsignor William Lynn’s Conviction For His Handling of Sex-Abuse Complaints (Video)
Roman Catholic Church’s William Lynn, who was the first US Church official to be convicted in a criminal court for covering up sex abuse claims, has had his child endangerment conviction reversed its decision by the Philadelphia Court of Appeals, BBC News reported.
Monsignor Lynn had be serving three to six years in prison.
The “unanimous decision released Thursday by the state Superior Court also dismisses the criminal
Prosecutors argued Lynn reassigned predators to new parishes in Philadelphia when he was secretary for clergy from 1992 to 2004. He was in charge of supervising about 800 priests, accordiing to news reports.
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