PHILADELPHIA (PA)
CBS Philly
By Steve Tawa
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Free on bail pending an appeal by the Philadelphia district attorney’s office, Monsignor William Lynn today walked out of the Criminal Justice Center to the delight of friends and relatives.
Lynn was greeted warmly by those friends and relatives before the hearing, which lasted just a few moments before Judge Teresa Sarmina, who reminded him that if he violated any condition of his release, back to prison he would go.
As he left the courtroom, Msgr. Lynn said nothing as he walked a gauntlet of reporters and photographers — along with a few hecklers.
The Archdiocese of Philadelphia is putting Lynn up at St. Williams Parish, in the Lawncrest section of the city, while he is on house arrest.
“This particular parish does not have a school — it’s a large rectory. He has access to two floors — that’s it,” says Thomas Bergstrom, Lynn’s attorney.
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