PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Big Trial
MONDAY, MAY 11, 2015
By Ralph Cipriano
for Bigtrial.net
A lawyer for Msgr. William J. Lynn filed two motions in state Superior Court today, seeking to argue an appeal for a new trial before the same panel of judges that previously overturned Lynn’s conviction.
On Dec. 26, 2013, state Superior Court Judges John T. Bender, Christine L. Donohue and John L. Musmanno issued an opinion that reversed Lynn’s June 22, 2012, conviction in Common Pleas Court for endangering the welfare of a child.
On April 27, 2015, the state Supreme Court entered an opinion reversing the Superior Court’s reversal.
In his motion seeking a new briefing before the Superior Court, Thomas A. Bergstrom, Lynn’s lawyer, noted that the state Supreme Court only addressed one narrow issue, namely whether Lynn was considered an “other person supervising the welfare of a child” under the state’s original 1972 child endangerment law.
The law states: “A parent, guardian or other person supervising the welfare of a child under 18 years of age commits an offense if he knowingly endangers the welfare of a child by violating a duty of care, protection or support.”
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