The Pope, Billy Doe & Msgr. Lynn

PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Big Brial

TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2015

By Ralph Cipriano
for Bigtrial.net

The civil case of Billy Doe, the truth-challenged former altar boy who’s seeking to cash in on an improbable tale of serial sex abuse, was originally scheduled for trial against the Archdiocese of Philadelphia on Aug. 3rd.

The Pope is scheduled to be in Philadelphia a month later, from Sept. 25-27, for the World Meeting of Families.

What were the chances of the Pope and Billy, however briefly, sharing a media spotlight?

Apparently zero. On July 10, on the court docket there’s a new trial date posted for the civil case of Billy Doe v. the Archdiocese of Philadelphia et al of Nov. 9th.

Meanwhile, when Pope Francis visits the city, he’s scheduled to visit Philadelphia’s Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility. But one of the inmates the Pope won’t be meeting with is Msgr. William J. Lynn,…