PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Pocono Record
Editorial
June 05, 2012
Jurors in Philadelphia are now deliberating the fate of two Catholic priests, one of them a monsignor who’s charged with endangering children and conspiring to cover up priest abuse.
It’s hard to imagine that jurors could conclude anything other than guilty as charged.
Monsignor William Lynn served as secretary for clergy at the Philadelphia archdiocese from 1992 to 2004. Evidence and his own testimony confirm that he knew, through his position, about hundreds of allegations made against more than 60 priests.
Yet he failed to prevent it, thus enabling wayward priests to continue endangering vulnerable children.
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