William Lynn
Defense Rests In Clergy Abuse Trial
The defense has rested in the clergy sexual abuse case, and closing arguments are expected tomorrow.
Monsignor Says He’s Sorry But Blameless For Teen’s Abuse By Pedophile Priest
Msgr. William Lynn maintains he was powerless to change the church’s practices for dealing with predator priests. As he put it at one point, he was “not the cardinal archbishop of Philadelphia.”
Philadelphia Monsignor Grilled on Witness Stand At Child Sex Abuse Trial
Prosecutor Patrick Blessington asserted again and again that Monsignor William Lynn has lied — to victims, to parishioners, to nuns and priests, and to the police, all to protect predator priests and to avoid negative publicity and legal action.
Philadelphia Priest Takes Stand In His Own Defense At Child Sex Abuse Trial
Monsignor William Lynn is charged with endangering minors by allowing priests accused of sexually abusing children to remain in ministry.
Philadelphia Priest Sex Abuse Trial Moves To Defense Phase
The prosecution has rested in the landmark clergy abuse case that has rocked the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
Key Witness Says Philadelphia Clergy Lied To Hide List of Predator Priests
A longtime lawyer for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia says the late Roman Catholic cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua and his top aides lied about shredding a key piece of evidence in the clergy-abuse scandal.
Prosecutors Say Philadelphia Monsignor Lied To Police During 2001 Sex Abuse Probe
The police interview was related to an allegation of abuse two decades earlier by another priest.
Private Eye Says He Verified Philadelphia Priest’s Child Abuse at Start of Scandal
Former FBI agent John Rossiter told the jury that Father James Brennan denied the allegations even while admitting there was sex talk, that he had slept in the same bed with the teen, and conceded there could have been unintentional contact while the two slept.
Philadelphia Child Sex Abuse Trial Revisits 2008 Church Probe of Accused Priest
On Monday, the jury heard statements made by Father Brennan during a 2008 church investigation of accusations that he had molested a 14-year-old boy in 1996.
Victim Describes Sex Abuse By Philadelphia Priest Previously Named as Pedophile
A victim has testified that he was abused by a priest eight years after the priest had been accused of pedophilia by a previous victim but never prosecuted.
More Shocking Testimony In Philadelphia Priest Sex Abuse Case
According to the archdiocese’s “secret archives,” a former St. Charles Borromeo seminarian claimed his was the victim of an attempted gang rape more than 20 years before.
Philadelphia Priest Trial Painful, Poignant For Catholics
Graphic testimony in a Philadelphia clergy-abuse trial this month has ripped open secret church files and reopened old wounds among Catholics as scarred men and women tell jurors that priests groped, molested or raped them as teens.
W. Va. Priest Will Testify At Trial of Philadelphia Priest Accused of Sex Abuse
Prosecutors in the case against Father James Brennan want Monsignor Kevin Quirk as a witness against Brennan, who is charged with sexually assaulting a teenage boy in 1996, but had suggested that Quirk’s appearance was being obstructed.
W. Va. Bishop Issues Scathing Rebuttal To Accusations Raised In Phila. Sex Abuse Trial
Bishop Michael Bransfield, who was named by a prosecution witness during the Philadelphia priest sex abuse trial, strongly denies the allegations leveled against him.
Philly Priest Sex Abuse Case: Witness Alleges ‘Rotation’ Of Molestation Of Boys
As the trial of a Philadelphia monsignor and a priest accused of child sex abuse and coverups moves forward, a second man testified today he was part of a rotation of boys repeatedly abused by a local priest in the late ’70s and early ’80s.
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