NEW YORK
New York Post
By MARSHA KRANES
January 25, 2006 -- The family of a former Brooklyn altar boy who testified that a priest had sexually abused him is pleased with the plea deal that let the cleric off with only three years' probation.
"The family is happy" that the Rev. Joseph Byrns "had to accept responsibility for the molestation of their son," said the boy's lawyer, Vidian Mallard.