PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Philadelphia Inquirer
September 13, 2012
By John P. Martin, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
Msgr. William J. Lynn will stay in jail, at least for now.
A state appeals court Thursday rejected a bid by the former Archdiocese of Philadelphia official to be free on bail while he appeals his historic child-endangerment conviction.
The Superior Court didn’t include an opinion with its order – or even identify which judge made the ruling.
But it effectively adopted the arguments of Philadelphia prosecutors that Lynn’s crime was serious and his sentence long enough to keep him behind bars.
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