PENNSYLVANIA
Law.com
The state Supreme Court has denied the Philadelphia District Attorney’s attempt to reinstate the conviction of Monsignor William J. Lynn, the first Catholic Church administrative official convicted over sexual abuse committed by other priests.
The justices issued a one-page order Tuesday denying the prosecutor’s appeal in Commonwealth v. Lynn. The District Attorney’s Office had asked the court to reverse a decision from the Superior Court that had vacated Lynn’s child endangerment conviction, and ordered a new trial in the case.
A spokesman for District Attorney R. Seth Williams said the office is currently reviewing the decision.
Lynn’s attorney, Thomas A. Bergstrom of Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney, said he was pleased with the decision and will work to get Lynn released soon.
“We are hopeful we will be able to get a motion filed and an order to get him released from custody as soon as we can, because right now he is an unconvicted and un-sentenced prisoner,” Bergstrom said. .
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