PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
March 19, 2012
By Amaris Elliott-Engel, The Legal Intelligencer /
The Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia said in a motion that it will not waive its own attorney-client privilege regarding 12 documents that Monsignor William J. Lynn wants to subpoena in the criminal case against him.
Monsignor Lynn, the archdiocese’s secretary for clergy from 1992 until 2004, is facing criminal charges, including endangering the welfare of children, on allegations that he failed to take sufficient action to protect children from sexually abusive priests.
During a hearing in January, attorneys for the archdiocese said that it might one day assert attorney-client privilege that can’t be waived, even if the monsignor waives his own attorney-client privilege.
That day came.
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