PHILADELPHIA
PhillyVoice.com
February 1, 2020
The first US church official ever imprisoned over priest abuse complaints will soon be retried in court without a single victim.
A landmark 2011 case first began the trial of Monsignor William Lynn, 69, who was eventually convicted of “felony child endangerment” for his time working as a secretary for the clergy at the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
Twice, Lynn’s conviction has been overturned. Now, a retrial is set for March 16, but the key witness may not be called this time.
The key witness is an accuser who alleges he was assaulted by two priests and his sixth-grade teacher in the late 1990’s. These priests transferred to the accuser’s parish by Lynn, known to be a threat and marked as “known predators” by the Monsignor.
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