PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Philadelphia Inquirer
By Joseph A. Slobodzian
INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
Internal church memos documenting the storied career of the Rev. Edward M. DePaoli – and what to do about him – were the focus of this morning’s session as prosecutors resumed their case in the clergy sex-abuse trial involving the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
On trial in the landmark case are Msgr. William Lynn, the first church official criminally charged with enabling or covering up sexual abuse of minors by priests, and the Rev. James J. Brennan, charged with attempting to rape a 14-year-old boy in 1996.
DePaoli – who was finally defrocked in 2005 after 20 years of allegations that he subscribed for magazines featuring child pornography – was federally indicted on a child pornography charge in 1985 while teaching morals and ethics at Bishop McDevitt High School in suburban Cheltenham.
DePaoli pleaded guilty and was sentenced to a year’s probation and mandatory mental health treatment, which he completed and was pronounced cured.
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