PHILADELPHIA (PA)
NBC 10
By Maryclaire Dale
Tuesday, Jun 5, 2012
Jurors have finished a third day of deliberations without reaching a verdict in a groundbreaking priest-abuse trial in Philadelphia.
Msgr. William Lynn is the first U.S. church official charged with child endangerment and conspiracy for allegedly keeping predator-priests in ministry.
Lynn is the former secretary for clergy at the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
The Rev. James Brennan, a co-defendant, is charged with molesting a 14-year-old boy in 1996.
Meanwhile, the archdiocese says it has spent $11.6 million on legal fees stemming from priest-abuse cases since 2011.
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