PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Press Telegraph
Arnold White | 23 December, 2015
Tuesday’s Superior Court ruling ordering a new trial also could be appealed to the state’s highest court.
Lynn was the first USA church official ever convicted in the handling of abuse complaints.
The landmark conviction of a Roman Catholic church official imprisoned over his handling of priest sexual abuse complaints was overturned Tuesday for the second time.
The appeals court said the trial judge erred in allowing weeks of testimony from 21…
The Pennsylvania Superior Court found that Monsignor William Lynn of Philadelphia did not receive a fair trial because a trial judge allowed jurors to hear too much evidence about the wrongdoing of priests who had abused children. William Lynn, the central defendant in the landmark 2012 trial involving clergy sex-abuse in Philadelphia.
“It’s certainly taken a toll, but he’s holding up”, said defense attorney Thomas Bergstrom, who visited Lynn last week and hopes to get him released quickly.
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