PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Upper Michigans Source
PHILADELPHIA, PA (AP) — Lawyers for a Roman Catholic church official are going to try to get him released as early as this week from a state prison in Pennsylvania — now that an appeals court has reversed his conviction for child endangerment.
The appeals panel is ordering the release of Monsignor William Lynn. But prosecutors are planning to fight the ruling, and resist any move to release him.
Lynn is serving a three-to-six-year prison sentence. He was charged over his handling of priest sex-abuse complaints. He was the first U.S. church official ever charged or convicted for the handling of those complaints. …
Tonight in the Daily Pulse we’re wondering: Do you think Monsignor William Lynn should be released from prison? Yes or no? Why or why not?
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