PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Philadelphia Inquirer
By John P. Martin and Joseph A. Slobodzian
INQUIRER STAFF WRITERS
Hours into their first full day of deliberations, jurors in the landmark clergy sex-abuse trial of two Archdiocese of Philadelphia priests asked the judge Monday to clarify the charges and if they need to reach verdicts on both defendants before alerting the court.
Neither Common Pleas Court Judge M. Teresa Sarmina nor the lawyers in the case speculated on the meaning of the requests. The judge and lawyers planned to reconvene early Monday afternoon to resolve how to respond to the inquiries.
But the questions suggested the jurors were still weighing the evidence against Msgr. William J. Lynn and the Rev. James J. Brennan.
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