Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. William J. Lynn, Edward V. Avery, and James J. Brennan Topics and Persons in the Trial This page provides lists of significant persons and topics in the Philadelphia trial. It is a basic index to our Trial Narrative, and will help the reader navigate that Narrative. In our Topics and Persons list below, each topic or person is followed by a list of trial events in chronological order (testimony, exhibits, courtroom discussion, rulings by Judge Sarmina, etc.). To the right of each trial event is a date. Clicking on that date brings the reader to the coverage for that day on our Trial Narrative page. The Back button returns the reader to this Topics and Persons page. We beging with a table of contents for this Topics and Persons page. Below the table of contents, the content of the page begins with Rev. Edward V. Avery. Table of Contents Rev. Edward V. Avery Rev. James J. Brennan Msgr. William J. Lynn Lynn's List of Priests and Molloy's Shredding Memo Survivors' Testimony •  Billy (Fr. Avery) •  James (Fr. Avery) •  Mark (Fr. Brennan) •  Walter J. Daly (Fr. Cannon) •  'Sister Irene' (Fr. Cudemo) •  School Girl #1 (Fr. DePaoli) •  'John' (Fr. Gana) •  'Timmy' (Fr. Gana) •  Girl in Rectory #1 (Fr. Kostelnick) •  'Frederick' (Fr. Sicoli) •  'Hugh' (Fr. Sicoli) •  'Brent' (Fr. Smith) Background and Culture Other Accused Priests •  Bishop Michael J. Bransfield •  Rev. Robert L. Brennan •  Rev. John A. Cannon •  Rev. Nicholas Cudemo •  Rev. Edward M. DePaoli •  Rev. Peter J. Dunne •  Rev. Stanley M. Gana •  Rev. Francis Giliberti •  Rev. Albert T. Kostelnick •  Rev. Raymond O. Leneweaver •  Rev. Michael J. McCarthy •  Rev. Michael Murtha •  Rev. Thomas F. Shea •  Rev. David Sicoli •  Rev. Thomas J. Smith •  Rev. Francis X. Trauger •  Rev. Sylwester Wiejata •  Rev. Thomas Wisniewski Rev. Edward V. Avery >Catalogue Entry on Avery from 2005 Grand Jury Report, Noting Allegation in 1992 of Late 1970s Abuse of James >Accounts of James and Billy in 2011 Grand Jury Report (see pp. 18ff. and 13ff. respectively) • Vetting of Jurors in Light of Avery Plea Deal - March 26 • Presentation of Avery File - March 27 • Discussion of Upcoming Survivor Testimony - April 23 • Discussion of Upcoming Survivor Testimony - April 24 • Testimony of James Regarding Abuse by Avery - April 25 • Testimony of Billy Regarding Abuse by Avery - April 25 • Attorneys for Defendants Announced They Would Not Cross-Examine the Avery Survivors - April 25 • Jury Requests Personnel File of Avery - June 1 • Jury Asks to See All the Trial Evidence Relating to Avery - June 4 • Jury Asks if a Conspiracy Involving Lynn Had to Include Avery AND Others in the Archdiocese - June 4 • Judge Sarmina: Avery Needn't Be a Co-Conspirator, but the Overt Act Required in Conspiracy Law Must Involve Him - June 4 • Jury Asks for Definition of Circumstantial Evidence - June 5 • Jury Asked What 'Agree' Means in a Conspiracy; Judge Sarmina Reread Her Definition, "a Common Understanding" - June 6 • Jury Asked Whether All Parties to a Conspiracy Must Know a Crime Is Being Committed? Judge Sarmina Answered "No" - June 6 • Jury Requests to Rehear Testimony of Billy, for Whose Abuse Avery Pleaded Guilty - June 12 • Judge Sarmina Rules Against Rehearing Testimony, Urges Jury to Rely on Memory - June 14 • Brennan's Attorney Moves for Mistrial Because Mark's Testimony in Canonical Trial Was Read to Jury on Monday - June 14 • Judge Sarmina Denies Motion for a Mistrial: Full Transcript of the Canonical Trial Was Filed As an Exhibit - June 14 • Judge Sarmina Gives Jury New Instructions Regarding Intent, Conspiracy, and Child Endangerment - June 15 • Jury Asks for Letter Lynn Sent to Victim of Avery - June 15 • Jury Asks for Read-Back of May 29 Cross-Examination of Lynn Regarding Avery Assignment to St. Jerome and Confessions - June 15 • Jury Hears Read-Back of May 29 Lynn Cross-Examination - June 15   Rev. James J. Brennan • Judge Sarmina Discusses Upcoming Testimony of Mark, Brennan Accuser - April 3 • Testimony of Mark Regarding Alleged Abuse by Brennan - April 4 • Testimony of Mark, Cross-Examination and Rebuttal - April 5 • Testimony of the Mother of Mark - April 11 • Testimony of Robert Kane, Mark's Baseball Coach - April 11 • Judge Sarmina Discusses Issue of Msgr. Michael Quirk, Witness Regarding Brennan Church Trial - April 17 • Testimony of Jack Rossiter, Investigator of Archdiocese's Attorney, Regarding Brennan Started, Stopped - April 19 - Testimony of Msgr. Kevin Quirk, Reading Transcript of Brennan's 2008 Church Trial Regarding Mark - April 30 • Testimony of Archdiocese's Detective Jack Rossiter Regarding His Interview of Brennan - May 7 • Presentation of James Brennan File - May 8 • Presentation of James Brennan File (cont.) - May 9 • Judge Sarmina Denies Motion to Dismiss Child Endangerment Counts - May 29 • Testimony of Character Witnesses Regarding Lynn and Brennan - May 29 • Jury Requests Criminal Record of Mark, the Accuser of Brennan - June 1 • Jury Requests Personnel File of Brennan - June 1 • Jury Asks for Definitions of Attempted Rape (Force or the Threat of Force) and Rape - June 4 • Jury Asks to See All the Trial Evidence Relating to Brennan - June 5 • Jury Asks for Instruction on Child Endangerment Law and Statute of Limitations - June 5 • Judge Sarmina: Endangerment Entailed That Brennan Had Endangered Mark AND at Least One Other - June 5 • Jury Asks for Definition of Circumstantial Evidence - June 5 • Read-Back of Transcript of Brennan's Canonical Hearing Regarding Alleged Abuse of Mark - June 11 • Jury Requests to Rehear Testimony - June 12        • Mark, Who Accuses Brennan        • Mark's Mother        • Jack Rossiter, Who Interviewed Brennan for the Archdiocese • Judge Sarmina Rules Against Rehearing Testimony, Urges Jury to Rely on Memory - June 14 • Brennan's Attorney Moves for Mistrial Because Mark's Testimony in Canonical Trial Was Read to Jury on Monday - June 14 • Judge Sarmina Denies Motion for a Mistrial: Full Transcript of the Canonical Trial Was Filed As an Exhibit - June 14 • Judge Sarmina Gives Jury New Instructions Regarding Intent, Conspiracy, and Child Endangerment - June 15 • Jury Was Hung on the Charges against Brennan, and Judge Sarmina Declared a Mistrial on Those Charges - June 22   Msgr. William J. Lynn • Reading of Testimony of Lynn from 2003 Grand Jury Regarding Abuse by Gana - April 19 • Reading of Testimony of Lynn from 2003 Grand Jury Regarding Abuse by Gana - April 26 • Reading of Testimony of Lynn from 2003 Grand Jury Regarding Abuse by Wiejata - May 1 • Reading of Testimony of Lynn from 2003 Grand Jury Regarding Abuse by Wiejata - May 3 • Reading of Testimony of Lynn from 2003 Grand Jury Regarding His Lack of Training - May 7 • Testimony of 'Sister Irene' Regarding Alleged Abuse by Cudemo and What Lynn Could Have Done - May 10 • Testimony of Louise Sullivan Regarding Safe in Which Lynn Memo Was Found - May 10 • Testimony of Timothy R. Coyne Regarding the List of Priests and Shredding Memo - May 14 • Testimony of Msgr. Timothy C. Senior Regarding the List of Priests and Shredding Memo - May 14 • Testimony of Rev. James Oliver Regarding the List of Priests and Shredding Memo - May 14 • Reading of Testimony of Lynn from 2003 Grand Jury Regarding His Training and Practice - May 16 • Testimony of Detective Joseph Walsh, Reading into the Record Notes from Molloy to Lynn and Versions of the Lynn List - May 16 • Testimony of Detective on Lynn List and Its Discovery - May 17 • Judge Sarmina Dismisses Conspiracy Count v. Lynn and Brennan - May 17 • Testimony of McCulken, Beisel & Garvin Regarding Lynn's Position - May 22 • Testimony of Lynn and Cross-Examination - May 23 • Cross-Examination of Lynn - May 24 • Cross-Examination of Lynn - May 29 • Judge Sarmina Denies Motion to Dismiss Child Endangerment Counts - May 29 • Testimony of Character Witnesses Regarding Lynn and Brennan - May 29 • Jury Requests Shredding Memo and Gray Folder Containing Lynn List - June 1 • Jury Asks Judge Sarmina to Review the Elements of the Crimes of Conspiracy and Child Endangerment - June 1 • Jury Asks if a Conspiracy Involving Lynn Had to Include Avery AND Others in the Archdiocese - June 4 • Judge Sarmina: Avery Needn't Be a Co-Conspirator, but the Overt Act Required in Conspiracy Law Must Involve Him - June 4 • Jury Asks for Instruction on Child Endangerment Law and Statute of Limitations - June 5 • Judge Sarmina: Endangerment Entailed That Brennan Had Endangered Mark AND at Least One Other - June 5 • Jury Asks for Definition of Circumstantial Evidence - June 5 • Jury Asked What 'Agree' Means in a Conspiracy; Judge Sarmina Reread Her Definition, "a Common Understanding" - June 6 • Jury Asked Whether All Parties to a Conspiracy Must Know a Crime Is Being Committed? Judge Sarmina Answered "No" - June 6 • Jury Asked for Lynn's Yellow-Pad List of 13 Priests Whose Cases He Handled in First Two Years - June 6 • Jury Asked for Evidence on 13 Priests, Including: Cannon, Cudemo, DePaoli, Dunne, Gana, Sicoli, and Wisniewski - June 6 • Read-Back of Transcript of Brennan's Canonical Hearing Regarding Alleged Abuse of Mark - June 11 • Jury Requests to Rehear Testimony of Billy, for Whose Abuse Avery Pleaded Guilty - June 12 • Jury Requests to Rehear Testimony - June 12        • Mark, Who Accuses Brennan        • Mark's Mother        • Jack Rossiter, Who Interviewed Brennan for the Archdiocese • Judge Sarmina Rules Against Rehearing Testimony, Urges Jury to Rely on Memory - June 14 • Brennan's Attorney Moves for Mistrial Because Mark's Testimony in Canonical Trial Was Read to Jury on Monday - June 14 • Judge Sarmina Denies Motion for a Mistrial: Full Transcript of the Canonical Trial Was Filed As an Exhibit - June 14 • Jurors Request Documents on Lynn's Handling of Complaint vs. Wisniewski in July 1992 - June 14 • Judge Sarmina Gives Jury New Instructions Regarding Intent, Conspiracy, and Child Endangerment - June 15 • Jury Asks for 10 Defense Exhibits, Including Floor Plan of the 10th Floor, Location of Lynn's Office for the Clergy - June 15 • Jury Asks for Letter Lynn Sent to Victim of Avery - June 15 • Jury Asks for Read-Back of May 29 Cross-Examination of Lynn Regarding Avery Assignment to St. Jerome and Confessions - June 15 • Jury Hears Read-Back of May 29 Lynn Cross-Examination - June 15 • Jury Convicted Lynn of One Count of Child Endangerment - June 22 • Jury Acquitted Lynn of the Conspiracy Charge and Another Child Endangerment Charge - June 22   Lynn's List of Priests and Molloy's Shredding Memo >Lynn's List of Priests and Molloy's Shredding Memo • Testimony of Louise Sullivan Regarding Safe in Which Lynn Memo Was Found - May 10 • Testimony of Timothy R. Coyne Regarding the List of Priests and Shredding Memo - May 14 • Testimony of Msgr. Timothy C. Senior Regarding the List of Priests and Shredding Memo - May 14 • Testimony of Rev. James Oliver Regarding the List of Priests and Shredding Memo - May 14 • Reading of Testimony of Lynn from 2003 Grand Jury Regarding His Training and Practice - May 16 • Testimony of Detective Joseph Walsh, Reading into the Record Notes from Molloy to Lynn and Versions of the Lynn List - May 16 • Testimony of Detective on Lynn List and Its Discovery - May 17 • Closing Arguments - May 31 • Jury Asks for 10 Defense Exhibits, Including Floor Plan of the 10th Floor, Location of Lynn's Office for the Clergy - June 15   Survivors' Testimony Billy  (Fr. Avery) >Account of Billy in 2011 Grand Jury Report (see pp. 13ff.) • Testimony of Billy Regarding Abuse by Avery - April 25 James  (Fr. Avery) James (Fr. Avery) >Catalogue Entry on Avery from 2005 Grand Jury Report, Noting Allegation in 1992 of Late 1970s Abuse of James >Account of James in 2011 Grand Jury Report (see pp. 18ff.) • Testimony of James Regarding Abuse by Avery - April 25 Mark  (Fr. Brennan) • Judge Sarmina Discusses Upcoming Testimony of Mark, Brennan Accuser - April 3 • Testimony of Mark Regarding Alleged Abuse by Brennan - April 4 • Testimony of Mark, Cross-Examination and Rebuttal - April 5 • Testimony of the Mother of Mark - April 11 • Testimony of Robert Kane, Mark's Baseball Coach - April 11 • Jury Requests Criminal Record of Mark, the Accuser of Brennan - June 1 • Jury Requests Criminal Record of Mark, the Accuser of Brennan - June 1 • Judge Sarmina: Endangerment Entailed That Brennan Had Endangered Mark AND at Least One Other - June 5 • Read-Back of Transcript of Brennan's Canonical Hearing Regarding Alleged Abuse of Mark - June 11 • Jury Requests to Rehear Testimony - June 12        • Mark, Who Accuses Brennan        • Mark's Mother • Brennan's Attorney Moves for Mistrial Because Mark's Testimony in Canonical Trial Was Read to Jury on Monday - June 14 • Judge Sarmina Denies Motion for a Mistrial: Full Transcript of the Canonical Trial Was Filed As an Exhibit - June 14 Walter J. Daly  (Fr. Cannon) • Testimony of Walter J. Daly Regarding Alleged Abuse by Cannon - April 10 'Sister Irene'  (Fr. Cudemo) • Testimony of 'Sister Irene' Regarding Alleged Abuse by Cudemo and What Lynn Could Have Done - May 10 School Girl #1  (Fr. DePaoli) • Testimony of School Girl #1 Regarding Alleged Abuse by DePaoli - April 10 'John'  (Fr. Gana) >Notes of 'John' Regarding Lynn and Meeting with Nun in 1997 or 1998, from 2005 Grand Jury Report • Testimony of 'John' Regarding Alleged Abuse by Gana - April 18 • 'John' Says Gana Identified Bishop Michael Bransfield of the Wheeling-Charleston Diocese As an Abuser - April 18 - A Statement from Bishop Michael J. Bransfield, on Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston website (April 19, 2012) cache 'Timmy'  (Fr. Gana) • Testimony of 'Timmy' Alleging Abuse by Gana - April 16 Girl in Rectory #1  (Fr. Kostelnick) • Testimony of Survivor (Girl in Rectory #1) - March 29 'Frederick'  (Fr. Sicoli) 'Frederick' (Fr. Sicoli) >Case Study of Sicoli in 2005 Grand Jury Report, Including Experience of 'Frederick' (pp. 203-204) • Testimony of 'Frederick' Alleging Abuse in the Late 1970s by Sicoli - April 30 'Hugh'  (Fr. Sicoli) >Case Study of Sicoli in 2005 Grand Jury Report, Including Experience of 'Hugh' (pp. 205-207) • Testimony of 'Hugh' Alleging Abuse in the Early 1980s by Sicoli - April 30 'Brent'  (Fr. Smith) >Case Study of Smith in the 2005 Grand Jury Report, Including the Experience of 'Brent' (p. 379) • Testimony of 'Brent' Alleging Abuse by Smith - April 16 Background and Culture • Testimony of Rev. Thomas P. Doyle OP - April 12 • Testimony of Detective James Dougherty Regarding Msgr. Michael C. Picard and Picard File about Rev. Donald J. Mills - May 2 • Testimony of Msgr. Michael C. Picard - May 2 Other Accused Priests Bishop Michael J. Bransfield • Witness Says Gana Identified Bishop Bransfield of the Wheeling-Charleston Diocese As an Abuser - April 18 - A Statement from Bishop Michael J. Bransfield, on Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston website (4/19/12) cache Rev. Robert L. Brennan >Case Study of Rev. Robert L. Brennan in 2005 Grand Jury Report, Including (p. 412) Transfer That Mignogno Discusses • Testimony of Mary Mignogno Regarding Brennan Transfer - May 7 Rev. John A. Cannon >Case Study of Cannon from 2005 Grand Jury Report >Two Documents from the Cannon FileIncluding a Memo by Lynn to Bevilacqua >Lynn's Grand Jury Testimony Regarding How He Dealt with Cannon Allegations (pp.88-94) • Presentation of Cannon File - April 2 • Testimony of Walter J. Daly Regarding Alleged Abuse by Cannon - April 10 • Jury Asked for Evidence on 13 Priests, Including: Cannon - June 6   Rev. Nicholas Cudemo • Presentation of Cudemo File - May 3 • Discussion of Defense Lament That Gana and Cudemo Are Not Relevant - May 8 • Testimony of 'Sister Irene' Regarding Alleged Abuse by Rev. Nicholas Cudemo and What Lynn Could Have Done - May 10 • Jury Asked for Evidence on 13 Priests, Including: Cudemo - June 6 Rev. Edward M. DePaoli >Case Study of DePaoli in the 2005 Grand Jury Report Recounting Sister Scary's Experience (pp. 269-71) >Three Documents from the DePaoli File • Testimony of Punished Whistleblower, Sister Joan Scary - April 9 • Presentation of DePaoli File - April 10 • Testimony of Rev. Robert Feeney Regarding DePaoli - April 10 • Testimony of School Girl #1 Regarding Alleged Abuse by DePaoli - April 10 • Testimony of Auxiliary Bishop Robert P. Maginnis Regarding Sister Joan Scary - April 11 • Jury Asked for Evidence on 13 Priests, Including: DePaoli - June 6   Rev. Peter J. Dunne • Presentation of Dunne File - April 23 • Presentation of Dunne File - April 24 • Jury Asked for Evidence on 13 Priests, Including: Dunne - June 6 Rev. Stanley M. Gana >Brief Summary of Gana Case in 2005 Grand Jury Report >Case Study of Gana in the 2005 Grand Jury Report >Three Documents from the Gana File Pertaining to Lynn >Notes of 'John' Regarding Lynn and Meeting with Nun in 1997 or 1998, from 2005 Grand Jury Report (One of the Three Documents) >Presentment Analysis of Lynn and Gana (pp. 31-33) • Presentation of Gana File - April 3 • Testimony of 'Timmy' Alleging Abuse by Gana - April 16 • Testimony of 'John' Regarding Alleged Abuse by Gana - April 18 • 'John' Says Gana Identified Bishop Michael Bransfield of the Wheeling-Charleston Diocese As an Abuser - April 18 - A Statement from Bishop Michael J. Bransfield, on Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston website (April 19, 2012) cache • Reading of Testimony of Lynn from 2003 Grand Jury Regarding Abuse by Gana - April 19 • Reading of Testimony of Lynn from 2003 Grand Jury Regarding Abuse by Gana - April 26 • Discussion of Possible Trip to Carmelite Monastery for Testimony of Mother Superior Regarding Gana - May 8 • Discussion of Defense Lament That Gana and Cudemo Are Not Relevant - May 8 • Judge Sarmina Approved Prosecutors' Request to Take Testimony at Carmelite Monastery Regarding Gana - May 9 • Jury Asked for Evidence on 13 Priests, Including Gana - June 6 Rev. Francis Giliberti >Case Study of Giliberti in the 2005 Grand Jury Report • Presentation of Giliberti File - April 25 Rev. Albert T. Kostelnick >Brief Summary of Kostelnick from 2005 Grand Jury Report >Case Study of Kostelnick from 2005 Grand Jury Report • Testimony of Survivor (Girl in Rectory #1) - March 29 Rev. Raymond O. Leneweaver >Brief Summary of Leneweaver from 2005 Grand Jury Report >Case Study of Leneweaver from 2005 Grand Jury Report >Two Documents from Leneweaver File • Presentation of Leneweaver File - March 29 Rev. Michael J. McCarthy • Presentation of McCarthy File - May 15 Rev. Michael Murtha • Testimony of Priest Colleagues Regarding Porn and Love Letter to a Boy - March 28 • Presentation of Murtha File - April 2   Rev. Thomas F. Shea >Case Study of Shea in the 2005 Grand Jury Report >Document from the Shea File Regarding 1994 Lynn Interview with Shea Suggesting That the Boy Seduced the Priest • Presentation of Shea File - April 9 Rev. David Sicoli >Brief Summary of Sicoli Case in 2005 Grand Jury Report >Case Study of Sicoli in 2005 Grand Jury Report, Including Experience of 'Hugh' (pp. 205-207) and 'Frederick' (pp. 203-204) >Three Documents from Sicoli File Including 2004 Summary of Complaints Received during Lynn's Tenure • Presentation of Sicoli File - April 26 • Testimony of 'Hugh' Alleging Abuse in the Early 1980s by Sicoli - April 30 • Testimony of 'Frederick' Alleging Abuse in the Late 1970s by Sicoli - April 30 • Jury Asked for Evidence on 13 Priests, Including Sicoli - June 6 Rev. Thomas J. Smith >Case Study of Smith in the 2005 Grand Jury Report, Including the Experience of 'Brent' (p. 379) • Testimony of 'Brent' Alleging Abuse by Smith - April 16 • Presentation of Smith File - April 17 • Testimony of 'Ian' Regarding Passion Play Directed by Smith - May 7 Rev. Francis X. Trauger >Case Study of Trauger in 2005 Grand Jury Report • Testimony of Survivor (Altar Boy #1) - March 28 • Testimony of Anonymous Police Detective Regarding Alleged Abuse by Trauger - April 5 • Presentation of Trauger File - April 11 • Testimony of 'Marty' Alleging Abuse by Trauger - April 16 Rev. Sylwester Wiejata • Reading of Testimony of Lynn from 2003 Grand Jury Regarding Abuse by Wiejata - May 1 • Reading of Testimony of Lynn from 2003 Grand Jury Regarding Abuse by Wiejata - May 3 Rev. Thomas Wisniewski • Presentation of Wisniewski File - April 23 • Jury Asked for Evidence on 13 Priests, Including Wisniewski - June 6 • Jurors Request Documents on Lynn's Handling of Complaint vs. Wisniewski in July 1992 - June 14

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