PHILADELPHIA (PA)
National Catholic Reporter
Brian Roewe | Sep. 17, 2013 NCR Today
Update: Arguments in the appeals process for Msgr. William Lynn have concluded.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that the arguments in Pennsylvania Superior Court lasted 30 minutes, and as expected, Lynn’s defense lawyer Thomas A. Bergstrom challenged the priest’s conviction on the grounds of the 2007 revision to Pennsylvania’s child endangerment law.
Bergstrom argued that Lynn was a “supervisor of a supervisor” and that by the time the revision took effect, Lynn was already three years removed from his position as secretary of clergy for the Philadelphia archdiocese. Assistant District Attorney Hugh Burns countered that the endangerment law allows for broader interpretation that extends to areas of not just supervising a child, but “supervising the welfare of children,” according to the Inquirer.
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