Philadelphia Catholic archbishop, Charles Chaput, has defended his decision to use church funds to help with the bail of Church official, Monsignor William Lynn. City prosecutors had charged Lynn with felony child endangerment, but the state Superior Court ruled that the law that existed at the time did not cover people who did not directly supervise children. Philadelphia Read more
The historic 2012 conviction of a Philadelphia archdiocesan official for endangering children was based on the evidence of an unreliable drug addict in a “show trial” driven by prosecutors determined to get a verdict against the Church, according to a secular reporter who covered the trial. Ralph Cipriano, formerly religion reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer, Read more
Monsignor William J. Lynn, former Secretary for the Clergy, in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, has been sentenced to 3-6 years in prison for child endangerment. A jury found Monsignor Lynn culpable in reassigning predator priests to unwary parishes. Bill Lynn was my classmate. I have known him for forty years. He is a good man Read more
The archdiocese of Philadelphia has offered a “heartfelt apology” to abuse victims and expressed a commitment to child safety and “reform and renewal” after one of its senior clergy was found guilty of failing to protect children from an abusive priest. A jury found Monsignor William J. Lynn, the former archdiocesan secretary for clergy under Read more
Defense lawyers for Philadelphia diocesan official, Monsignor William Lynn, claim Philadelphia Cardinal, the late Anthony Bevilacqua ordered the shredding of Lynn’s predator priests list and are asking for the case against Lynn to be dropped. The lawyers contend that the real criminals are Bevilacqua and his advisors, and they are either dead or have not been charged in conjunction Read more