PHILADELPHIA (PA)
The Daily Record
Posted: 12:01 pm Tue, July 24, 2012
By Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA — A Roman Catholic monsignor who became the first U.S. church official branded a felon for covering up sex abuse claims against priests was sentenced Tuesday to three to six years in prison.
Monsignor William Lynn of Philadelphia, the former secretary for clergy at the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, handled priest assignments and child sexual assault complaints from 1992 to 2004.
Judge M. Teresa Sarmina said Lynn enabled “monsters in clerical garb … to destroy the souls of children, to whom you turned a hard heart.”
She added: “You knew full well what was right, Monsignor Lynn, but you chose wrong.”
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