PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Philadelphia Inquirer
ALLISON STEELE, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
LAST UPDATED: Saturday, January 4, 2014
PHILADELPHIA Philadelphia Archbishop Charles J. Chaput on Friday defended his decision to post bail for Msgr. William J. Lynn, saying it was reasonable and just for the archdiocese to help him.
“Msgr. Lynn presents no danger to anyone. He poses no flight risk,” Chaput said in a letter to parishioners that was released by the archdiocese.
“The funding for his bail has been taken from no parish, school or ministry resources, impacts no ongoing work of the church, and will be returned when the terms of bail are completed.
“Nor does it diminish in any way our determination to root out the possibility of sexual abuse from the life of our local church.”
Lynn, 62, was released from a Northeastern Pennsylvania prison on Thursday and taken to Philadelphia to have his electronic monitoring arranged. He walked out of jail a free man on Friday, following 18 months in prison for a child-endangerment conviction that was overturned by an appeals court last week.
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